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Stepping-Stone 



J-JOMCEOPATHY AND J^EALTH 



Second American from the Seventh London Edition. 
(SIXTIETH THOUSAND.) 






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E. H. RUDDOCK, M.D., (Exam.) 

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians ; Member of the 

Royal College of Surgeons ; Licentiate in Midwifery, 

London and Edinburgh ; Physician to the Reading 

and Berkshire Homoeopathic Dispensary. 

Author of ''"'- The Ffomaeopathic } / ade Mecum of Modern Medicine and 

Surgery;" " The Lady s Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment;" 

" Consumption ; Its Preventive and General 

Treatment /" etc.^ etc 



WITH ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS 

jlD/LPTI^G IT TO THE CLIMATE, DISEASES, A^D CUSTOMS OF AME^ICA^S 
By the American Editor. 



CHICAGO : 
HALSEY BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 

1872. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, 

By HALSEY BROS., 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



Printed at The Lakeside Press. 

(R R. DONNELLEY.) 



PREFACE 

TO THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. 



No apology is needed in bringing before the people of this coun- 
try a second edition of one of Dr. Ruddock's best works. 

Of books on Domestic Medicine there is, to be sure, no lack, and 
of good books of this kind there are many; but the wonderful 
popularity of Dr. Ruddock's works could not have been attained 
had they not possessed superior excellence as books for the peo- 
ple ; and of them all, " The Stepping- Stone" seems to have been 
the greatest success. Its comprehensiveness, conciseness, and 
practical character in all its instructions for medical treatment of 
the sick ; together with the great amount of general information 
and common sense in the use of it, which are exhibited in the hints 
on diet, hygiene, and kindred physiological subjects, place the 
work far in advance of any other of its size and scope. At the 
time of this writing, over 80,000 copies of the book have been sold, 
and the demand is not lessened. 

The first American edition of this work had hardly made its way 
into favor during the first few months after its issue, and the book 
was just beginning to become known and appreciated in this coun- 
try, when " the great fire " came and destroyed all the printed 
copies in the publisher's hands and the plates from which they 
were printed. In the weeks following the fire — as soon as the sup- 
ply of the book in the hands of the different book dealers was ex- 
hausted — the demand from booksellers and from the public gen- 
erally showed that no other book could take its place, and that 
there was no alternative but to issue a new edition as quickly as 
possible. Therefore, as soon as I could get my wits together, and 



4 Preface. 

settle down, after 4 ' the burning," I was called upon to prepare an 
edition for the press, and the result follows this preface. 

I have taken Dr. Ruddock's latest English edition, have added 
some new chapters, and such notes and suggestions as would seem 
of value ; and here and there have made such modifications in 
the instructions given by the author as would better fit the book 
for use in this country. 

The general plan of the work — the arrangement of sections and 
chapters — is similar to that of the previous edition ; as it seems to 
me preferable to that adopted by the author in the edition which 
we, in other respects, copy after. ■ * 

I finish my task with the pleasant thought that the American 
edition of " The Stepping-Stone " will prove a blessing to the 
many families who will consult its pages in sickness and in health. 

The American Editor. 
Chicago, May I, 1872. 



PREFACE 



TO THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION. 



In issuing the Seventh Edition of this manual, completing sixty 
thousand copies, the author has again endeavored to express his 
gratification at the wide appreciation of his humble efforts to ex- 
tend Homoeopathy, by embodying some of the results of his en- 
larged experience during the twelve years that have elapsed since 
the first edition of this book was published, maintaining it on a 
level with the progressive character of Homoeopathy and medical 
science in general, and presenting a longer list of complaints, with 
ampler treatment, than is included in any similar work with which 
he is acquainted. The present edition has been re-arranged and 
revised throughout, and, besides fresh matter of a practical charac- 
ter inserted in many parts, the list of remedies in the Materia 
Medica has been considerably extended, and now contains brief 
summaries of forty of our most valuable remedies. Selections from 
the new American remedies are embodied in the list, and are re- 
peatedly prescribed in the manual. 

DOMESTIC HOMOEOPATHY. 

The profession of medicine cannot in this age of progress be 
treated as a mystery. The aim of the enlightened physician is to 
make its principles as extensively known as possible, conscious that 
thereby the greatest amount of good will accrue both to the pro- 
fession and the public. Still the objection is often urged that do- 
mestic medical books trench on the legitimate sphere of the pro- 
fession, and are dangerous in their tendency. Neither objection 
is valid. Drugs are employed in nearly every household — anti- 



6 Preface. 

bilious pills, Epso?n salts, rhubarb, sulphur, magnesia, quinine, etc. 
We are not, therefore, responsible as originators of domestic treat- 
ment ; we have rather sought to reform it, by substituting reme- 
dies and measures, the virtue of which is that they are not only 
more harmless, but very much more efficacious than those ordi- 
narily adopted. Departures from health, of a simple and uncom- 
plicated nature, may often be arrested at their outset by carrying 
out instructions like those contained in the following pages, but 
which, if neglected till the symptoms assumed forms which seemed 
to justify the consultation of a medical man, might become con- 
verted into serious and even fatal diseases. 

JUSTIFICATION. 

A fact which specially justifies the composition of this manual 
is the necessity of meeting, as far as possible, the requirements of 
persons residing in localities where professional Homoeopathic 
treatment is inaccessible. An extensive correspondence with per- 
sons in various and remote parts of the country, convinces the 
Author of the importance of making some provision for patients so 
circumstanced ; at least, till professional men generally have been 
led to the study and practice of the discoveries of the illustrious 
Hahnemann. 

ADVANTAGES OF PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT. 

While making these statements, it is our duty to recommend 
that in every serious or dotibtful case, or when the treatment herein 
prescribed is insufficient to effect improvement in a reasonable time, 
a Homoeopathic practitioner should be consulted. The vast and 
ever-accumulating resources at the disposal of a professional Hom- 
oeopath, of which this little manual represents but an inconsider- 
able fraction, places him on high vantage ground compared with 
a domestic practitioner. Cases are of daily occurrence in which it 
is impossible to act in the best manner without an acquaintance 
with anatomy, physiology, etc. Apparently trifling symptoms 
which escape the non-professional observer, clever though he may 
be, immediately attract the attention of the informed eye and ear of 
the physician, and put him on the alert for further discovery. In- 



Preface, 7 

deed, whenever it is practicable, every departure from health 
should be watched and treated by a Homoeopathic physician, 

PROGRESS AND OPPOSITION. 

In this age of scientific progress it is gratifying to observe that 
medicine, instead of being in the rear, is advancing to the front 
ranks, and that Homoeopathy is in the van-guard of medical ad- 
vancement. This is proved by its rapid spread, and by its power- 
ful, though indirect influence on medical and surgical practice 
generally, causing it to do homage to the instincts of humanity, 
and banishing every measure or drug that is harsh and destructive. 
It may be satisfactory to the friends of this system to know that 
hostile resistance to Homoeopathy comes exclusively from persons 
ignorant of its principles, or inexperienced in its actual results. Its 
bitterest calumniators, it is believed, have never studied it or tried 
it fairly. It may be confidently stated that the great majority of 
medical men if not all out of the ranks of Homoeopathy, are com- 
pletely in the dark as to its theory and practice and are conse- 
quently incompetent to give a reliable opinion on the subject ; 
just as the driver of a stage coach, or the commander of a sailing- 
vessel, lacks the knowledge and experience to pronounce on the 
merits of railways or steamers, although all alike are for the transit 
of passengers and merchandise. With a confidence, therefore, 
which a knowledge of, and experience in, both the old and new 
modes of treatment, can alone impart, the Author recommends a 
trial of Homoeopathy. Let a dozen cases be taken, the symptoms 
carefully noted, and the treatment herein prescribed faithfully car- 
ried out, and the results will be so marked that conversion may be 
confidently predicted. 

CORRESPONDENTS. 

Since the publication of the six former editions of this manual, 
the writer has received numerous letters from correspondents who 
have been won over to Homoeopathy by its instrumentality, and 
are carrying out its various prescriptions with striking and grati- 
fying success. He has been much cheered by such unsolicited 
statements, and takes this opportunity of offering his acknowledg- 
ments for the kindness which dictated the communications referred 



8 Preface. 

to. At the same time, he would suggest that, to meet the ignor- 
ance and prejudice which still oppose the spread of Homoeopathy, 
the friends of the system will kindly seek to enlarge its usefulness 
by promoting in various ways the circulation of this book among 
all classes of the community. Let the manual be read, and its 
prescriptions fairly tried, and we fear not the result. 

IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH. 

The design of this manual is to point out some of the means by 
which much human suffering may be prevented, bodily functions 
preserved unimpaired, and life prolonged to the full period of man's 
existence. The importance of the subject will be obvious when 
it is considered how inconsistent physical incapacity and suffering 
are with moral well-being. When the habits and circumstances 
of man are inimical to good health, he sinks in all the capacities 
of his nature. The application, therefore, of means for guarding 
or restoring the health of the body, provides for the exercise of the 
intellectual and moral powers in their highest state of perfection. 
There may be moral benefits and opportunities consequent on 
weakness and disease ; but who can doubt that those attendant on 
health and vigor are far greater ? Impaired health is a moral as 
well as a physical disadvantage. Reason asserts this, and experi- 
ence confirms it. Who has not learned that an important way of 
44 keeping the body in subjection, " is to keep it free from the un- 
easy sensations and disabilities that accompany ill health ? If this 
be so, it places the highest value upon the perfection of our bodily 
organs, and stamps that profession, whose duty it is to promote 
44 the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," as one 
of the very highest that can be exercised by man. From such a 
standpoint, we see in every disease cured, the removal of a blot 
which marred the image of God's noblest work, and new power 
given to brighten and lengthen man's earthly life. Thus, allevi- 
ating human suffering, and so allowing the fullest exercise of man's 
higher nature, we are permitted to be humble followers of Him who 
44 healed all manner of diseases," and whose wonderful and benefi- 
cent life has been embodied in the simple phrase, 4< He went about 
doing good." E. H. RUDDOCK. 

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HINTS TO THE READER. 



I. The novice in Homoeopathy should first make himself famil- 
iar with the introductory chapters. 

II. When the work is consulted for the treatment of any par- 
ticular disease, the whole section devoted to it should be read before 
deciding on the course to be taken ; and if difficulty is experienced 
in choosing from different medicines, the Materia Medica should 

, be referred to, and an endeavor made to grasp the essential fea- 
tures peculiar to each remedy, 

III. Persons desirous of being able to act wisely and promptly 
in any emergency, for the prevention or removal of suffering, 
should read this manual through. The body of the work, Part II., 
is devoted to diseases and their treatment - ; Part III., to Materia 
Medica. Both should be studied carefully. 

IV. Readers desirous of a more ample work, are respectfully re- 
ferred to " The Vade Mecu?n of Modern Medicine and Surgery '." 
An attentive study of that work will give a tolerably broad knowl- 
edge of general disease, and a measure of skill in the use of many 
valuable remedial agents. The " Vade Mecw?i " will thus form a 
useful, if not an indispensable, companion to " The Stepping- Stone!' 

V. When medical terms are used, they are either explained in 
the text, or the meaning is appended to the words which seem to 
require explanation as they occur in the INDEX and in the Clinical 
Directory at the end of the manual. This Index is very copious, 
and every point of importance may be found by it. Reference is 
further made easy by division of the work into parts, chapters, and 
sections, and by a table of contents at the commencement. 

VI. A " Clinical Directory " is inserted, which, it is hoped, will 



io Hints to the Reader. 

be found of great use to those who have attentively studied disease 
and Materia Medica. It contains prescriptions for about five 
hundred diseases and symptoms, many of which, and of the reme- 
dies prescribed, are not referred to in the body of the work. The 
" Clinical Directory " has been carefully arranged, and its sugges- 
tions of remedies are the result of much experience. 



CONTENTS. 



Part I. 

ON HOMOEOPATHY 

CHAPTER I. 

PAGE 

History of Homoeopathy, 15 

Introductory — Early History — Status of Professional Horn- 
ceopaths— Indirect Influence of Homoeopathy — Homoeo- 
pathy doing down? — Appeals to Facts — Small doses — 
Homoeopathy not opposed to Experience — Not Faith — 
Medicines in Health — Illustrations : — Light, Seed, and 
the Magnet. 

CHAPTER II. 

Advantages of Homoeopathy, - 23 

Economy — Success — The Public competent to judge — Hom- 
oeopathy in Cholera — Constipation — Statistics — Gentle 
Measures — Jerrold's Death-bed — The Single Remedy — 
Medicines Specific — Not Disagreeable — Experimental 
Practice — Preventive Medicine — Future of Homoeopathy. 

CHAPTER III. 

Observations on Health, 32 

General Hints — Bathing — The Wet-pack — Exercise — 
Clothing — Light — Fresh Air — Bed-rooms — Water. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Medicines, Diet, etc., -- 42 

Forms of Medicines : — Globules, Tinctures, and Tritura- 
tions — Medicine-Cases — - List of Medicines : — Internal 
and External — Directions for taking Medicines — Hours — 
Dose — Repetition of Doses — Alternation of Medicines — 
Diet : — Milk Diet, Ordinary Diet, Meat Diet, Extraordi- 
nary Diet — Tobacco and Snuff — Drugs. 



12 Contents. 



Part II. 
DISEASES : 

THEIR CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT. 

CHAPTER I. 

PAGE 

Fevers, 51 

Simple Fever- — Typhoid and Typhus — Accessory Measures 
in Fevers — Preventives — Intermittent Fever, Ague. 

CHAPTER II. 

The Eruptive Fevers, - - -- - - -65 

Scarlet Fever, Scarlatina — Measles — Small-pox — Chicken- 
pox — Erysipelas, St. Anthony's Fire. 

CHAPTER III. 

Diseases of the Organs of Breathing, - - - 79 
Cold in the Plead — Influenza — Hoarseness — Clergyman's 
Sore Throat — Cough — Hooping-Cough — Croup : — In- 
flammatory and spasmodic — Diphtheria — Inflammation 
of the Lungs and Pleurisy — Asthma — Bronchitis -— 
Chronic Bronchitis — Consumption. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. - 106 

Indigestion — Vomiting — Sea-sickness — Colic — Biliousness 
— Heartburn, Flatulence, etc. — Jaundice — Inflammation 
of the Liver — Chronic Inflammation of the Liver, Liver 
Complaint — Diarrhoea — Diarrhoea in Children — Dysen- 
tery, Bloody Flux — Asiatic or Malignant Cholera — Con- 
stipation — Worms — Piles — Protrusion of the Bowel. 

CHAPTER V. 

Affections of the Head, 137 

Headache — Sick-Headache, Bilious Headache — Epilepsy, 
Falling Sickness. 



Contents. 13 

CHAPTER VI. 

* PAGE 

Affections of the Eyes and Ears, - 144 

Inflammation of the Eyes — Bloodshot Eye — Stye on the 
Eyelids — Foreign Bodies in the Eye — Inflammation of the 
Ears — Earache — Running from the Ears — Deafness. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Affections of the Mouth, Nose, Teeth, and Glands, 151 
Offensive Breath — Thrush, Frog — Teething- — Convulsions 
Toothache — Sore Throat, Quinsy — Mumps — Derbyshire 
Neck, Goitre. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Affections of the Skin, - 165 

Itching of the Skin — Prairie Itch — Nettle-rash — Ulcers, 
Sores — Boils — Chilblains — Chapped-Hands — Warts — 
Corns — Whitlow — Ringworm. 

CHAPTER IX. 

HAEMORRHAGES, 1 76 

Spitting and Vomiting of Blood — Bleeding from the Nose — 
Bleeding from the Urinary Organs — Haemorrhage from 
the Womb and Vagina, Flooding — Hemorrhagic Dia- 
thesis. 

CHAPTER X. 

Accidents, 185 

Wounds — Bruises — Black-eye — Cuts — Sprains — Fatigue 
and Over-exertion — Burns and Scalds — Broken Bones — 
Rupture — Strangulated Hernia — Poisons — Drowning. 

CHAPTER XI. 

Miscellaneous Diseases, - 197 

Rheumatic Fever — Chronic Rheumatism — Lumbago — 
Gout — Palpitation of the Heart — Incontinence of Urine — 
Wetting the Bed — Retention of Urine — Spermatorrhoea, 
Involuntary Emissions. 



14 Contents. 

Part III. 
CONCISE MATERIA MEDIC A. 

PAGE 

Remedies for Internal Use, 208 

Aconitum — Antimonium crudum — Antimonium tartaricum 
— Apis mellifica — Arnica montana — Arsenicum — Bella- 
donna — Bryonia — Calcarea carbonica — Calendula — 
Camphora — Cantharis — Carbo vegetabilis— Chamomilla 
—China — Cimicifuga racemosa — Cina — Coffea — Colocyn- ■ 
this — Cuprum metallicum — Drosera — Dulcamara — Gel- 
seminum — Hamamelis — Hepar sulphuris — Ignatia — 
Ipecacuanha — Kali bichromicum — Lycopodium — Mer- 
curius — Nux vomica — Opium — Phosphorus — Podophyl- 
lum—Pulsatilla — Rhus toxicodendron— Silicea — Spongia 
— Sulphur — Veratrum album — Veratrum viride. 



Part IV. 

Clinical Directory, - -. 232 

Index, -- 251 



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CHAPTER I. 

HIS TOR Y OF HOMCEOPA THY. 



INTRODUCTORY. 

This small volume is issued as a " Stepping - Stone 
to Homoeopathy;" a few remarks, therefore, explana- 
tory of this system of medicine, may appropriately 
precede its more practical teachings. 

Life is the noblest gift of God, and good health is 
one of its greatest accompanying blessings. To pre- 
serve health in its integrity, or to recover it when lost, 
are the objects contemplated in the publication of this 
manual. The reader is requested to pause a few min- 
utes, before entering on its practical details, in order 
briefly to consider some of the more prominent fea- 
tures, and a few of the advantages that would arise 
from the more general and extended adoption, of Hom- 
oeopathy. 



History of Homoeopathy. 



EARLY HISTORY. 



Homoeopathy is a system of medicine for the cure 
of all curable diseases, first discovered and adopted 
nearly eighty years ago (a. d. 1790), by that great phy- 
sician, Hahnemann. We do not, however, claim for 
that distinguished man the invention of Homoeopathy ; 
he only removed the obscurity which had hitherto 
shrouded the subject, and unfolded to mankind a great 
law of nature, just as Newton discovered the principle 
of gravitation. Glimmerings of this science had been 
caught, many centuries before, by Hippocrates and 
others, but the illustrious Hahnemann was the first fully 
to grasp the principle, and to enunciate it as the law of 
healing, and therefore of universal applicability. At 
first, its professors were few, and consisted of the im- 
mediate friends and disciples of Hahnemann ; but ever 
since, they have been steadily multiplying, so that now 
medical men, many of them of great intelligence and 
high principle, are to be found practicing Homoeopathy 
in every civilized portion of the globe. There are 
about three hundred avowed legally qualified practi- 
tioners in Great Britain ; but if those who approve the 
system, and practice it in secret, were added, the num- 
ber would be more than doubled. 

status of professional homoeopaths. 

It is often represented that Homoeopathic medical 
men occupy an inferior position to those of the old 
school. The Medical Register, issued under the di- 
rection of, and in accordance with, an Act of Parlia- 



Introductory. 1 7 

ment, may be appealed to in proof that the three hun- 
dred Homoeopathic practitioners of Great Britain hold 
the same degrees and diplomas, have the same legal 
rank, and have passed through the same course oi* 
study, under allopathic professors, as their brethren of 
the old school. On the continent, and in America, 
Homoeopathy is practiced almost co - extensively with 
Allopathy. 

INDIRECT INFLUENCE. 

Many there are who practice Homceopathically, but 
have not the courage to avow it ; and many others, im- 
pelled by the influence which this system is everywhere 
exerting, are greatly modifying their practice. The 
good thus indirectly effected by the discovery of Hah- 
nemann is immeasurable. Not only medical men, but 
tens of thousands of intelligent persons, in every civil- 
ized portion of the globe, confide in Homoeopathy as 
the best and truest system of cure. 

HOMCEOPATHY GOING DOWN ? 

It is true, the statement is often made by its oppo- 
nents, that the new system is on the decline. " Homoe- 
opathy is going down," remarked a medical man of the 
Allopathic school recently. It is going down. Not, 
however, in the sense he wished. It is sinking deep 
into the understandings and hearts of the public. 
Almost everywhere the people are directing their atten- 
tion to the subject. They try it, and in the hour of 
sickness confide in it ; and if not conversant with the 
scientific proofs of Homoeopathy, they recognize in it a 



1 8 History of Homoeopathy. 

power to heal superior to that they have ever exper- 
ienced under the old plan of treatment. 

I 

HOMCEOPATHY APPEALS TO FACTS. 

It is deserving of remark, that in the discovery of 
Homoeopathy, Hahnemann did not first conceive a 
theory, and afterwards seek for facts with which to up- 
hold it. No ! At the very starting point, and at each 
successive step, he relied solely upon facts. What he 
learned was from facts, based upon carefully conducted 
experiments. His assertions were grounded upon facts, 
the result of patiently and oft -repeated investigations. 
For several years he kept his discovery to himself; at 
the same time that he was arranging and accumulating 
evidence founded upon facts, which were diligently 
collected and closely scrutinized. Homoeopathy is 
still upheld by facts. It is because it has stood the 
trial of experience that it has been preserved to the 
present time, and will be transmitted to the latest 
generations. 

SMALL DOSES. 

Homoeopathy does not mean a small dose f as it is 
often supposed to do. The grand principle — that 
which forms the basis of the science — is, like curing 
like, irrespective of the quantity of the dose. Hahne- 
mann, after he had discovered the science, employed 
doses of the usual quantity. Experience and further 
investigation, however, taught him that smaller doses 
w r ere not only sufficient and more safe, but that when 
frequently administered, were more efficient than large 



Introductory. 19 

ones. Apart from this, it is a matter of perfect indif- 
ference to Hahnemann or his followers whether they 
administer medicine in large or small doses. If they 
found large doses more efficient in curing diseases than 
small ones, they would assuredly administer the former 
rather than the latter. 

HOMOEOPATHY OPPOSED TO EXPERIENCE. 

The results obtained by Homoeopathic practitioners 
with small doses have been said to be opposed to all 
previous experience. But the truth is, that prior to the 
researches of Hahnemann and his followers, we had 
no experience at all in these matters. It is, conse- 
quently, just as absurd for medical men to deny that 
Homoeopathic remedies can effect the cure of disease 
because such cures are contrary to their experience, 
who have never tried them, as for a certain king of Siam 
to have treated as false the statement that in some 
countries, and in some seasons, water, under the influ- 
ence of frost, becomes changed from a fluid to a solid, 
permitting persons to walk upon it, because in his 
country no such phenomenon had ever been witnessed ! 
Siamese philosophers are not yet extinct. 

FAITH NOT HOMOEOPATHY. 

That Homoeopathy is not mere faith or imagination, 
is proved by its curing the diseases of infants and of 
patients in delirium, as well as of the inferior animals. 
The writer is personally aquainted with many intelli- 
gent farmers who employ none other than Homceo- 



20 History of Homoeopathy, 

pathic medicines in the treatment of their sick animals. 
It must be admitted that the farmers of this country 
are generally shrewd and calculating men, not easily 
deceived in matters affecting their interests: and as 
great numbers of them declare that Homoeopathy 
cures diseases that were incurable by the old method 
that it cures more quickly at a less cost, and without 
damage to the constitutional powers of animals, we have 
the best evidence that the success of Homoeopathy is 
not the result of mere faith, but of valuable medicines, 
properly administered. 

The success of Homoeopathy is anything but the 
result of faith in those who practice it. Persons are 
generally slow to believe in it, and seldom have re- 
course to it, at first, without doubts and misgivings. 
Benefits are derived in spite of their unbelief. Faith 
in Homoeopathy comes and grows only as their cure 
progresses and is complete. The very improbability 
of a dose so small and so unlike what had been for- 
merly given, acts, so far as the imagination has any 
influence upon the cure, unfavorably, instead of the 
reverse. 

MEDICINES IN HEALTH. 

A story is often told of a child swallowing the con- 
tents of a tube of globules, which created great alarm, 
but took "no effect. " Supposing the circumstance 
to have occurred, it does not at all affect the truth of 
Homoeopathy. Homoeopathic medicines, in the form 
they are usually administered, are prepared with the 
view of acting in disease, when the parts are far more 
sensitive than in a state of health, and much more 



Introductory. 2 1 

easily affected. A healthy constitution has no suscept- 
ibility for attenuated drugs; to ensure their action they 
must be administered in a low or crude form, so as to 
produce unnatural effects ; in short a kind of poison- 
ing. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. LIGHT. 

A ray of light falling upon a diseased eye will cause 
pain, or even become intolerable, although in health 
the same eye is unaffected by the broad light of day. 
The susceptibility of the eye is heightened by disease. 
Millions of rays of light afforded pleasure in health ; 
now, one ray gives pain. Just so in reference to the 
tube of globules, that which will produce no disturbance 
in health will, in disease, with heightened sensibility, act 
powerfully. 

SEED. 

We borrow another illustration. Small doses may 
be taken without producing effects, just as seed may be 
sown without yielding fruit. It were as reasonable to 
expect a plentiful harvest from seeds scattered on the 
sea shore, or on a beaten path, as to expect "effects " 
from infinitesimal doses when the natural accessories 
are wanting. As seed will not grow unless the soil is 
congenial and prepared, so small doses will not act if 
the symptoms calling for their action are absent. 

THE MAGNET. 

The disease must have the same attraction for the 
medicine that the magnet has for iron. You could not 



22 History of Homoeopathy. 

tell by touching the loadstone with a piece of copper 
that it had any power of attraction ; neither could you 
tell by taking an attenuation of Aconitum in a state of 
health, that it had any power. But try the magnet 
with a piece of iron and Aconitum with a quick pulse, 
and then their energy will be demonstrated. 

When it is said the globules took "no effect," what 
is meant is, the effects which follow Allopathic doses, 
viz. : vomiting, purging, extreme pain, etc. And here 
we have an illustration of the safety of Homoeopathic 
remedies, and how favorably they contrast with the 
strong drugs and severe measures often employed 
under the old system of treatment. Well, indeed, 
would it have been for thousands of Allopathic patients 
if bleeding, blisters, purgatives, mercury, etc., had also 
taken "no effect." 



CHAPTER II. 

ADVANTAGES OF HOMCEOPATHY. 



We have only space to refer to some of the advan- 
tages arising from adopting Homoeopathic treatment. 

ECONOMY. 

Economy is secured, chiefly, from the shortened 
duration of diseases. Bleeding, blistering, purging, and 
other debilitating measures, are discarded, so that, the 
disease being cured, the patient soon regains his 
strength, because it has not been expended by exhaust- 
ing treatment. Tedious convalescence and permanently 
shattered health too often follow Allopathic drugging. 
Patients too often suppose they have not fully " got 
over " the disease, when in reality they only suffer from 
the effects of drugs. To the industrious portions of 
the community, who live by their labor, an early return 
to health is of great importance ; and it is a fact of too 
common occurrence, that much inconvenience and want 
often result from the injudicious and protracted meas- 
ures of the old system. 

HOMOEOPATHIC SUCCESS. 

In respect to successful treatment, Homoeopathy is 
immensely superior to Allopathy. Patients who have 



24 Advantages of Homoeopathy, 

been under both systems are best able to judge of their 
comparative merits, and such almost universally give 
the palm to Homoeopathy. 

IS THE PUBLIC A COMPETENT JUDGE ? 

It may be said, the public is incompetent to judge of 
such matters ; but it is not so ; and although it might 
for a time be deceived, the deception could not last 
long. In matters affecting its personal interest, the 
public is remarkably shrewd, and seldom fails to arrive 
at a sound conclusion. Not only the general public but 
also physicians the most highly educated in the profes- 
sion, after due investigation and experiment, have re- 
nounced the old for the new system of practice ; while 
some of the most profound scholars and greatest nobles 
in the land are Homoeopaths. The clergy and minis- 
ters of all denominations are rapidly embracing the sys- 
tem. That distinguished sect, so often foremost in the 
field of philanthropy, the Friends, is almost entirely 
Homoeopathic. So, we venture to affirm, will all be who 
have the moral courage to inquire, investigate, and think 
for themselves. 

HOMCEOPATHY AND CHOLERA. 

The superiority of Homoeopathic over Allopathic 
treatment applies both to acute and chronic diseases. 
When cholera prevailed in this country, two out of every 
three patients were lost by the old system ; on the other 
hand, Homoeopathy saved two out of every three. We 
cite the testimony of Dr. McLoughlin, a medical in- 



Homoeopathy and Cholera. 25 

spector appointed by the Board of Health, to investigate 
cases of cholera, and who was always strongly opposed 
to Homoeopathy. He thus writes to one of the sur- 
geons of the London Homoeopathic Hospital.* 

CONSTIPATION. 

Take, as a further illustration of its success, Constipa- 
tion of the bowels. Allopathy cannot cure this complaint. 
It can only give aperients or purgatives ; and these, so 
far from removing the evil, in the long run generally 
aggravate it ; whereas, by a little perseverance in the 
use of her remedies, Homoeopathy cures it. 

STATISTICS. 

We- confidently refer, in proof of the success of 
Homoeopathic treatment, to the statistics of the various 

* British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 13, page 681. 

" I need not tell you that I have taken some pains to make my- 
self acquainted with the rise, progress, and medical treatment of 
cholera ; and that I claim for myself some right to be able to 
recognize the disease, and to know something of what the treatment 
ought to be ; and that there may be therefore no misapprehension 
about the cases I saw in your hospital, I will add, that all I saw 
were true cases of cholera, in the various stages of the disease ; and 
that I saw several cases which did well under your treatment, which 
I have no hesitation in saying would have sunk under any other. 

tl In conclusion, I must repeat to you what I have already told 
you, and what I have told every one with whom I have conversed, 
that, although an Allopath by principle, education, and practice, 
yet, were it the will of Providence to afflict me with cholera, and to 
deprive me of the power of prescribing for myself, I would rather 
be in the hands of a Homoeopathic than an Allopathic adviser." 



26 Advantages of Homoeopathy. 

hospitals and dispensaries conducted on purely Homoe- 
opathic principles in this country, on the continent, and 
in America. We have not space here to record even a 
selection from that accumulated evidence which has 
now become so voluminous. Numerous volumes of 
Homoeopathic clinical information, and the reports of 
the results of the practice of our hospitals and dispen- 
saries, are open to the inspection of all ; for Homoeop- 
athy, differing in this respect from every system of 
quackery, courts investigation. Nothing is considered 
so inimical to its interests as concealment. Facts so 
bear out its inherent truth as to carry with them their 
own irresistible credentials, and these we are confident 
will eventually remove every impediment to its general 
study and universal practice. 

GENTLE MEASURES. 

Contrast the chamber of the Allopathic, with that of 
the Homoeopathic, patient. In the former, there is the 
bleeding-basin, the repulsive leech, the blister and its 
accompaniments — sores, salves, and dressings — the 
emetic and its disagreeable results, purgatives, and 
their disgusting and hurtful consequences. Think of 
these invading the last and most sacred hours of life, 
and being often inflicted on helpless infants and terri- 
fied children, as not merely unnecessary, but pernicious 
beyond calculation ; often destroying, by such harsh ap- 
pliances, the very life intended to be saved. Turn now 
to the chamber of the Homoeopathic patient. He is 
very ill, but the law of self-preservation is respected, 
and the " life's blood is spared." No leeches or blisters 



The Single Remedy. 27 

are used ; the linen is clean, and the air is sweet, for 
there has been no emetic, or purgative, or salivation. 
Perhaps the only article indicative of sickness is a glass 
or bottle of medicine, inoffensive alike to both taste and 
smell, but potent to mitigate the sufferings of the pa- 
tient, and restore him to health. 

jerrold's death-bed. 

" Why torture a dying creature, doctor 7" were the 
words and remonstrance of Douglas Jerrold to his 
medical attendant within a few hours of his death. 
The doctor insisted on administering medicine, and 
cupping, notwithstanding extreme exhaustion. His 
son and biographer, Blanchard Jerrold, says, " We 
waved the fans about him, giving him air, and still, at 
intervals he talked faintly, but most collectedly. The 
dawn grew into a most lovely summer morning. At 
ten o'clock the patient was cupped. He could hardly 
move in bed, and again said, 'Why torture a dying 
creature, doctor?' But the cupping took no effect." 
This is a sad picture. Thank God, Homoeopathy is 
putting an end to such inhuman means, by substituting 
natural and gentle appliances, such as shall conserve 
the life-powers, and diminish, not aggravate, existing 
sufferings. 

THE SINGLE REMEDY. 

Another manifest advantage is the giving of only one 
remedy at a time, thus ascertaining the pure action of 
each separate drug, and avoiding the confusion result- 
ing from mixing different substances in one prescrip- 



28 Advantages of Homce^pathy. 

tion. Every remedy has an action peculiar to itself; 
and it cannot but happen, when several drugs are in- 
troduced into the system at the same time, that they 
interfere with each other. If, under such circum- 
stances good is effected, it is often impossible to deter- 
mine which one, or how many out of the number, have 
contributed to the result. Or, if no good follows, and 
it be necessary to alter the prescription, then it must be 
also impossible to know what change to make, what 
portions to omit, what new ones to add. Dr. Paris,' a 
distinguished Allopathic physician, says he was once 
told by a practitioner in the country, that the quantity 
and complexity of the medicines which he gave his 
patients were always increased in the ratio with the 
obscurity of their cases. " If," said he, " I fire a pro- 
fusion of shot, it is very extraordinary if some do not 
hit the mark." A patient in the hands of such a prac- 
titioner, says Dr. Paris, has a not much better chance 
than a Chinese mandarin, who, upon being attacked 
with any disease, calls in twelve or more physicians, 
and swallows in one mixture all the potions which each 
separately prescribes. In Homoeopathy we only give 
one medicine at a time ; its action upon the system is 
then simple and undisturbed ; and we are no longer in 
doubt as to what is doing good. 

HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES ARE SPECIFIC. 

An important advantage in our medicines is, that 
they only act on diseased parts. Thus, in affections 
of the brain, the bowels are not operated on by purga- 
tives; or the liver, mouth and bones by mercury; or 



Experimental Practice. 29 

the skin by blisters ; but such substances are adminis- 
tered as have been proved to operate directly on the 
brain itself. So in diseases of the chest ; the bowels, 
liver, and skin are undisturbed, and that part only- 
acted upon in which disease exists. This is a great 
advantage. Under such treatment disease cannot be 
produced in healthy parts, and the disappearance of 
the disease is a sign that it is absolutely cured. 

HOMCEOPATHY AND CHILDREN. 

Our medicines are not disagreeable. This is an 
advantage which every mother can appreciate who 
knows that her children have a natural sand proper dis- 
gust of old physic* Adults swallow nauseous draughts 
and pills in the hope of deriving benefit therefrom ; in 
the case of children, however, the prospect of benefit 
is often far more than counterbalanced by the horror 
and disgust which the abominable compound excites. 
And further, the diseases of children are influenced 
most strikingly and favorably by Homoeopathic medi- 
cines ; and every practitioner has often received the 
warmest thanks of parents from whose children most 
alarming diseases have been removed as by a charm. 

EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE. 

We do not try experiments with our drugs on the 
sick. The practice of trying the effects of drugs on 

* M Many a medicine given to children is so horrible that a medi- 
cal practitioner ought to he present to count the pulse, and watch 
the countenance during its administration, just as is properly the 
case at a military flogging." 



30 Advantages of Homoeopathy. 

persons suffering from disease is cruel and dangerous ; 
cruel, because it torments the patient already suffering 
from disease ; and dangerous, because it often under- 
mines the constitution, and interposes obstacles to that 
natural tendency to recovery which Infinite Goodness 
has interwoven with life. Homoeopathic drugs, on the 
contrary, are always tried on medical men and their 
friends when in health, in repeated doses and suffi- 
ciently large to ascertain their properties, before ad- 
ministering the smaller attenuated doses of such medi- 
cines to the suffering. 

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 

Homoeopathy is preventive as well as curative. Its 
medicines have the power of preventing, or arresting 
at the very outset, many diseases, such as colds, influ- 
enza, various fevers, cholera, etc. In the practical 
portions of this work, it will be found that we have 
suggested preventive as well as curative measures. 

FUTURE OF HOMCEOPATHY. 

It may be asked, Will Homoeopathy ever become 
universal ? We reply, most great discoveries and im- 
provements have been obstinately opposed at first, but, 
having truth for their basis, have triumphed in the end. 
So Homoeopathy, in spite of the bitterest and most 
unprincipled opposition which it has received from the 
very commencement, has continued to spread in an 
ever-increasing ratio, so that now, wherever the sun 
shines, and the light of European civilization has pene- 



Future of HomoeopatJty. 31 

trated, and suffering humanity is found, Homoeopathy 
is acknowledged and embraced as one of the greatest 
and most humane of modern discoveries. We have 
an impressive illustration in the case of Hahnemann, 
the first expounder of Homoeopathy, who was cruelly 
persecuted, and finally driven an exile from his native 
Saxony. Yet now, in the very city of Leipsic, from 
which he was banished, there adorns a plot of ground 
a monumental statue, in bronze, of that immortal 
physician ! If Homoeopathy, then, could not, in its 
early infancy be destroyed, there is little to fear for it 
now that it has grown to the proportions of a giant. 
Nearly all its present adherents have been converted 
from the old system, through expei'ieticing or witnessing 
the superior advantages of the new, in the face of those 
deeply-rooted prejudices which it is difficult entirely 
to discard. Thousands of families, on the other hand, 
are now being reared up under Homoeopathic influences 
who have never espoused, and probably never will, any 
other system. The tendencies of such will be in the 
right direction, and they will become its consistent and 
unwavering advocates. Judging, then, of the future 
by the light of the past, and believing the saying, 
"Magna est Veritas, et prevalebit," we are led to the 
inevitable conclusion that Homoeopathy, founded as it 
is upon truth, upon an immutable natural law, will ulti- 
mately become the exclusive and universal mode of 
curing disease. 



CHAPTER III. 

OB SEE VA TIONS ON HEAL TH. 
(Hygiene?) 



GENERAL HINTS. 

All persons should, if possible, take moderate daily 
exercise in the open air, or if the weather is unsuitable, 
in well lighted and properly ventilated rooms. Undue 
indulgence in every passion, all excessive emotion, as 
grief, care, anger, must be guarded against. The active 
requirements of business, as well as all its cares and 
anxieties, should be strictly confined to ten or twelve 
hours each day, and the remaining portion of the 
twenty-four hours appropriated to rest, recreation, and 
the general improvement of the mind and body. The 
regular habit should be formed of going to bed early, 
and rising early. Even children, who generally wake 
early, should never be compelled to lie in bed, as nature 
seems to have intended every one to rise early. A 
passing remark on these topics is all our limited space 
permits, except on two or three points, to which addi- 
tional paragraphs are appropriated. 

BATHING. 

As an invaluable aid to health, and as a general 
rule, once a day — certainly not less frequently than 
every second morning — every person in health should 



The Wet Pack. 33 

bathe or sponge the whole body with cold water, imme- 
diately following it by friction and exercise to promote 
the reaction. This tends to health, just as opening a 
window lets fresh air into a room. Merely washing the 
hands, face, and neck, is by no means sufficient ; the 
entire surface of the body requires the application of 
water, not only for the purpose of cleanliness, but as 
a means of invigorating the capillary circulation, and 
so fortifying the system as to enable it to resist atmos- 
pheric vicissitudes. The secret of attaining these ends 
consists in employing water in such a manner and of 
such a temperature, and in the body being in such a 
condition before and after the application, that the re- 
action or glow shall be most perfect. The best time 
for a cold bath is on rising from bed, before the body 
has had time to get chilled. Bathing should not, there- 
fore, be practiced when the body is cold or cooling, or 
when it is exhausted by exertion or fatigue, or is natur- 
ally too weak. A bath should not be taken too soon 
after a meal ; nor should the time spent in the bath be 
too long; that may vary, according to circumstances, 
from about one to four minutes.* 

For information on various forms of baths, and the 
conditions under which they are admissible, consult the 
"Vade Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery." 

THE WET PACK. 

Spread a mackintosh sheet or stout blanket or quilt 
on a mattress ; and over it, leaving a margin at the head, 

* The addition of Sea Salt to the water imparts a stimulating 
property to the water which favors reaction. 
2* 



34 Observations on Health. 

spread a thick linen sheet, wrung out of cold water. The 
wringing is best effected by two persons, one taking 
hold of either end, the sheet being doubled, and twist- 
ing as long as any water can be got out. In fevers, the 
colder the water is the better; for very delicate persons 
with feeble reaction, water at 68° may be used. The 
patient is to be extended on his back, naked, on the 
wet sheet, so that the upper edge covers the back of the 
neck, but the lower one is to project beyond the feet; 
holding up the arms, one side of the sheet is to be 
thrown over the body and tucked in ; the arms are now 
placed by the sides, and the other part of the wet sheet 
is thrown over all, and tucked rather tightly in, turning 
in the projecting ends under the feet. The mackintosh 
or blanket is then to be brought over all the sheet, and 
well tucked in round the neck, at the sides, and over 
the feet, so as completely to exclude the air. A stout 
quilt or extra blanket is to be put over all. In a short 
time the patient will become warm ; the sensation is 
most agreeable, especially in fevers. The patient may 
remain in the pack three-quarters of an hour to an 
hour, then be put into a shallow bath of water at 64 , 
well washed, dried, and put to bed. It may be repeated 
once or twice a day, according to circumstances and 
the violence of the attack. Perspiration may be encour- 
aged by giving sips of cold water. If the head becomes 
congested, or the face flushed while in the pack, a cold 
compress should be applied over the forehead. A little 
practice will enable any one to apply it. It is invalua- 
ble in the early stages of all fevers, and in scarlatina, 
measles, and small-pox, it assists in bringing out the 
eruption. 



Exercise. 35 

EXERCISE. 

This is essential to health and long life. No one in 
health should neglect to walk a moderate distance 
every day in the open air, if possible in the country, 
where pure air can be freely inhaled. Other things 
being equal, this will insure the proper action of every 
important function. The walk for health should be 
diversified, including ascents and descents, and varying 
scenery ; and be alternated, when circumstances admit 
of it, with riding on horseback, with gardening, or simi- 
lar pursuits. Such modes of exercise, practiced moder- 
ately and regularly, and varied from day to day, are 
much more advantageous than the exciting, immoder- 
ate, and irregular exertions of the ball-room, the hunt- 
ing-field, the cricket-ground, or the rowing-match. For 
feeble and infirm persons, carriage-exercise, if it may 
be so called, and frictions over the surface of the body 
and extremities, by means of towels and bath gloves, 
may be substituted for active exertion. 

The proper periods for exercise are when the system 
is not depressed by fasting and fatigue, or oppressed by 
the process of digestion. The robust may take exer- 
cise before breakfast : but delicate persons, who often 
become faint from exercise at this time, and languid 
during the early part of the day, had better defer it till 
from one to three hours after breakfast. An evening 
walk, in fine weather, is also advantageous. Exercise 
prevents disease by giving vigor and energy to the body 
and its various organs and members, and thus enables 
them to ward off or overcome influences which tend to 
impair their integrity. It cures many diseases by 



3 6 » Observations on Health. 

equalizing the circulation of the blood and the distribu- 
tion of nervous energy, thus invigorating and strength- 
ening weak organs, and removing local torpor and con- 
gestion. 

CLOTHING. 

Clothing should be arranged with a view to comfort, 
and according to the requirements of the season. Sum- 
mer clothes should not be put on too soon, or winter 
ones too late. Thin-soled boots and shoes are destruc- 
tive to health. So are stays. The body is strong enough 
to support itself ; while stays often bring on diseases 
of the lungs and other important organs. The muscles 
of the body were intended to sustain it erect,*but when 
stays are applied, they soon become indispensable, by- 
superseding the action of the muscles ; and, in accord- 
ance with a well-known law of the muscular system, 
when they cease to be used they cease to grow. 

The following passage on clothing suggests points of 
great practical importance : 

' 4 The clothing may be either insufficient or improper ; and this 
insufficiency or impropriety may be either constant, as in leaving 
uncovered the abdomen, thighs, and legs of young children, and the 
neck, chest, and arms of children and young girls, and in the neg- 
lect to put on flannels in winter ; or it may be only occasional^ as in 
the adoption of muslin and low-bodied dresses by ladies, and thin- 
ner neck-ties, vests ; and boots by gentlemen for evening parties ; 
and in the neglecting to add more clothing during sleep. The fre- 
quency with which disease results in children from the inhuman 
practice of leaving their digestive, respiratory and other organs, 
and their extremities exposed to the chilling blasts and varying 
temperature of our atmosphere, is unfortunately too well known to 
need that I should enter into any proof; nor need I more than pro- 



Light. 37 

test against the cruelty of leaving those parts naked in children, 
that we find it absolutely necessary to clothe the most warmly in 
adult life ; and more especially when we reflect that in childhood 
the body is small and the stock of animal heat insufficient, and the 
bodily growth in progress; that growth is retarded and checked 
by cold and favored by warmth, and that there is absence of reason 
and experience to teach how to keep up the warmth of the parts 
exposed ; while in adult life the body is large and the stock of ani- 
mal heat more adequate, the growth complete, and reason and ex- 
perience possessed. I am convinced that many of the cases of in- 
fantile diarrhoea, cholera, constipation, remittent fever, dropsy after 
scarlatina, marasmus, phthisis, bronchitis, pneumonia, quinsy, 
hoarseness, and ophthalmia, result from this exposure."* 

LIGHT. 

The importance of sunlight, for physical development 
and preservation, is much undervalued. Women and 
children, as well as men, in order to be healthy and 
well-developed, should spend a large portion of each 
day where the solar rays can reach them directly. In 
very hot weather, during the excessive heat of the day, 
the shade of a tree, grove, or even an airy house, may 
be sought, but never our dark parlors and rooms, for 
the cold " damp of death" is within them. Even at 
night, houses are only fit to be occupied that have been 
purified by the solar rays in the day-time. 

The value of sun-light, with its accompanying influ- 
ences, for animal development, may be illustrated by 
such facts as the following : In decaying organic solu- 
tions, animalcules do not appear if light is excluded, 
but are readily organized when light is admitted. The 
tadpole, kept in the dark, does not pass on to develop- 

*" Taking Cold," by J. W. Hayward, M.D. 



38 Observations on Health. 

ment as a frog, but lives and dies a tadpole, and is in- 
capable of propagating his species. In the deep and 
narrow valleys among the Alps, where the direct rays 
of the sun are but little felt, cretinism, or a state of 
idiocy, more or less complete, commonly accompanied 
by an enormous goitre, prevails as an epidemic, and is 
often hereditary. Rickets, or deformities, crookedness, 
and swelling of the bones, are very common among 
children who are kept in dark alleys, cellars, factories, 
and mines. It has been found that, during the preva- 
lence of certain epidemic diseases, the inhabitants who 
occupy the side of the street and houses upon which 
the sun shines directly, are less subject to the prevail- 
ing disease than those who live on the shaded side. In 
all cities visited by the cholera, it was invariably found 
that the greatest number of deaths took place in narrow 
thoroughfares, and on those sides of streets having a 
northern exposure, from which the salutary beams of 
the sun w r ere excluded. It is said that the number of 
patients cured in the hospitals of St. Petersburg were 
four times greater in rooms well lighted than in those 
confined in dark rooms. This discovery led to a com- 
plete reform in lighting the hospitals of Russia, and 

with the best results. 

♦ 

FRESH AIR. 

A proper supply of pure fresh air is essential for the 
preservation 01 life and health. Although life may not 
suddenly be destroyed by breathing an impure atmos- 
phere, still the vital energies are slowly but surely im- 
paired ; especially those of growing children and per- 
sons suffering from disease. 



Fresh Air. 39 

Bed-rooms, in which about one-third of human life is 
passed, are generally too small, and badly ventilated. 
The doors, windows, and even chimneys, are often 
closed, and every aperture carefully guarded to exclude 
fresh air. The consequence is, that long before morn- 
ing dawns, the atmosphere of the whole apartment be- 
comes highly noxious from the consumption of its oxy- 
gen, the formation of carbonic acid, and the exhalations 
from the lungs and skin. In an atmosphere thus loaded 
with effluvia, the sleep is heavy and unrefreshing, par- 
taking more of the character of insensibility. Due pro- 
vision for the uninterrupted admission of fresh air, and 
the free escape of impure air, secures lighter, shorter, 
and more invigorating sleep. An airy, ivell-ventilated 
sleeping apartment, should be regarded as one of the most 
important requirements of life, both in health and sickness. 
With few exceptions, the door and window of the bed- 
room may be left open, except in foggy weather, with 
perfect safety. A current of air may be prevented from 
playing on the face of the occupant, by placing the bed 
in a proper situation, or by suspending a single curtain 
from the ceiling. We may be permitted to add, we 
always sleep with a portion of the top sash of the win- 
dow down, except in very bad weather ; even then the 
door of communication with the adjoining room or 
landing, remains open. 

WATER. 

Water is the natural drink of man, and may always 
be taken in moderation when thirst is present. It per- 
forms important purposes in the animal economy, and 
is absolutely indispensable for life and health. Water 



40 Observations on Health. 

enters largely into combination with all our food, and 
acts as a solvent of everything we take. It also acts as 
a vehicle to convey the more dense and less fluid sub- 
stances from the digestive tract to their destination in 
the body. It gives fluidity to the blood, holding in 
suspension, or solution, the red globules, albumen, fi- 
brine, and other constituents which enter into the dif- 
ferent structures of the body, the whole of which are 
formed from the blood. Not only the soft parts of the 
body, but even the very bones, or the materials' of 
which they are composed, have at one time flowed in 
the current of the blood. To prove how essential wa- 
ter is for the development and maintenance of the ani- 
mal body, we may state that a calculation has been 
made which shows that a human body weighing 154 
lbs. contains 11 1 lbs. of water. Such a fact should 
suggest the necessity for obtaining water pure, and 
taking it unpolluted by animal and mineral ingredients. 
Water may be obtained tolerably pure in rain or snow r 
collected in suitable vessels in the open country, away 
from crowded dwellings and manufactories. Spring, 
river, sea, surface, well, and mineral water, all contain 
various substances dissolved in them, which render 
them, without distillation or filtration, unsuitable for 
drinking, or even for the preparation of articles of diet. 
The purest water is obtained from deep wells, bored 
through the earth and clay down to the chalk {Artesian 
Wells). For cooking purposes, and even bathing, the 
purest water that can be obtained is the best. 

One important object contemplated by the writer of 
this work is, the removal of a foolish prejudice, which 
unhappily exists in the minds of many, against pure 



Water. 41 

water, an element which God has provided for His 
creatures with the most lavish abundance ; and of pro- 
moting, both for internal and external purposes, a more 
regular use of this invaluable boon and blessing. Pure 
water has justly been regarded as an emblem of inno- 
cence, truth and beauty. In a community in which 
this element shall be used as the chief beverage, and 
more abundantly for purposes of purification, we may 
hope to find in the morals of the people reflections of 
virtue of which water is so vivid a type. And, in a 
sense which more immediately bears on the subject of 
this manual, suffering will be more easily controlled by 
our remedies, and the development of those latent ten- 
dencies to disease most effectually prevented, which the 
habits and fashions of the present age seem to favor. 



CHAPTER IV. 
MEDICINES, DIET, ETC. 



FORMS OF MEDICINES. 

The following brief description of the different forms 
of medicines used in the practice will afford the begin- 
ner the necessary information on the subject. The 
preparations are of three kinds— Globules, Tinctures, 
and Triturations. 

Globules, or Pellets, are made of pure sugar, and 
when prepared for use are saturated with a solution of 
the medicine desired. They are often more convenient 
for use than the liquids or powders, especially for ad- 
ministration to infants. They vary in size, but the size 
prescribed in this book is about like a coriander seed, 
and is called by the new measure of the American 
Pharmaceutical Association, No. 30. 

Tinctures contain the more active principles of the 
vegetable medicines, in a greater or less concentrated 
form, and are supposed to be more decided and rapid 
in their action, in acute diseases, than globules. It is 
therefore advisable for those who reside at a distance 
from medical aid, to be furnished with a selection of 
the tinctures adapted to sudden and acute diseases, in 
addition to a complete case or chest of the globules or 
pilules, especially those numbered 1, 7, 8, 22, 27, 29, 
31 and 36, in the list on a succeeding page. 



List of Medicines. 43 

Triturations are in the powder-form, and contain a 
portion of the original crude substance triturated with 
a given quantity of sugar-of-milk ; they are necessary 
to the administration of the lower attenuations of in- 
soluble medicines, such as Calcarea 'arbonica, Hepar 
sulphur is, Mercurius, Silicea, etc, 

MEDICINE CASES. 

A medicine-case should be constructed expressly for 
the medicines, and used for no other purpose ; it should 
be kept locked, under the charge of a responsible per- 
son, and be protected from light and heat ; it should 
also be kept quite apart from substances which emit a 
strong odor. Immediately after using a vial, it should 
be corked again, and the corks or medicines never 
changed from one vial to another. 

LIST OF MEDICINES. 

The following is a list of medicines prescribed in 
this manual, and the dilutions recommended for do- 
mestic use : * 



LATIN NAMES. 


DIL 


ENGLISH NAMES. 


I Aconitum napellus 


3 


Monk's-hood 


2 Antimonium crudum 


6 


Crude antimony 


3 Antimonium tartaricum 


6 


Tartar emetic 


4 Apis mellifica 


3 


Poison of bee 


5 Arnica montana 


3 


Leopard's-bane 


6 Arsenicum album 


6 


White arsenic 


7 Belladonna 


6 


Deadly-nightshade 


8 B-yonia alba 


3 


White bryony 


9 Calcarea carbonica 


6 


Carbonate of lime 



* For information respecting the properties and uses of the med- 
icines in the above list, consult the Materia Medica, at the end of 
the work. 



44 



Medicines, Diet, etc. 



LATIN NAMES. 


DIL 


ENGLISH NAMES. 


IO Cantharides 


3 


Spanish fly 


II Carbo vegetabilis 


6 


Vegetable charcoal 


12 Chamomilla 


3 


Wild chamomile 


13 China 


3 


Peruvian bark 


14 Cina 


3 


Mugwort of Judea 


15 Coftea 


3 


Mocha coffee-berries 


l6 Colocynthis 


3 


Bitter cucumber 


17 Cuprum metallicum 


6 


Metallic copper 


18 Dulcamara 


3 


Woody-nightshade 


19 Gelseminum 


1 


Yellow Jessamine 


20 Hepar sulphuris 


6 


Sulphuret of lime 


21 Ignatia amara 


3 


St. Ignatius' bean 


22 Ipecacuanha 


3 


Ipecacuanha 


23 Kali bichromicum 


3 


Bichromate of potash 


24 Lycopodium 


6 


Wolf's-foot 


25 Mercurius corrosivus 


6 


Bichloride of mercury 


26 Mercurius solubilis 


6 


Oxide of mercury 


27 Nux vomica 


3 


Strychnos Nux vomica 


28 Opium 


3 


White poppy 


29 Phosphorus 


3 


Phosphorus 


30 Podophyllum 


1 


Mandrake 


31 Pulsatilla 


3 


Wind-flower 


32 Rhus toxicodendron 


3 


Poison oak 


33 Silicea 


6 


Silex 


34 Spongia tosta 


3 


Roasted sponge 


35 Sulphur 


6 


Sulphur 


36 Veratrum album 


3 


White hellebore 



Also the strong Tincture of camphor, to be kept separately. 

EXTERNAL REMEDIES. 

Arnica montana, Calendula officinalis, and Rhus toxicodendron. 



DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING MEDICINES. 

Globules may be taken dry on the tongue, but it is 
better, when convenient, to dissolve them in pure soft 
water, or half a dozen Globules may be dissolved in a 
teacup of water and a teaspoonful given at a dose. If 
Tinctures are used, the required quantity should be 
dropped into the bottom of a glass, by holding the 



Hours. 45 

bottle in an oblique manner, with the lip resting against 
the cork; the bottle should then be carefully tilted 
(see the illustration), when the tincture will descend 




and drop from the lower edge of the cork. A little 
practice will enable a person to drop with great exact- 
ness. Water should then be poured upon the medicine 
in the proportion of a table-spoonful to a drop. The 
vessel should be clean, and the mixture kept covered : 
the spoon used should not be left in the mixture, but 
wiped after each dose. Fine glazed earthenware spoons 
are the best for this purpose. If the medicine has to 
be kept several days, a new bottle may be used, taking 
care also that the cork is new and sound. The Tritur- 
ations should be placed dry on the tongue, and gradu- 
ally swallowed, the mouth having first been rinsed 
with water. 

HOURS. 

The most appropriate times for taking the medicines, 
as a rule, are, on rising in the morning, at bed-time, 
and, if oftener prescribed, about an hour before, or two 
or three hours after a meal. 



46 Medicines, Diet, etc. 

THE DOSE. 

In determining the quantity and strength of doses 
several circurnstances should be considered, such as 
age, sex, habits, nature of the disease, etc. As a 
general rule, without reference to individual peculiari- 
ties, the following may be stated as the proper dose in 
domestic practice : For an Adult, one drop of Tinc- 
ture, four Globules, or one grain of Tritura- 
tion; for a child, about one-half the quantity; 
for an infant, about one-fourth. A drop is easily 
divided into two doses, by mixing it with two spoonfuls 
of water, and giving one spoonful for a dose. 

repetition of doses. 

In the repetition of doses we must be guided by the 
acute or chronic character of the malady, the urgency 
and danger of the symptoms, and the effects produced 
by the medicines. In violent and acute diseases, such 
as cholera, croup, pleuritis, convulsions, etc., the reme- 
dies may be repeated every ten, fifteen, or twenty 
minutes. In less urgent cases of acute disease, the 
remedy may be repeated every two, three, or four hours. 
In chronic maladies, the medicine may be administered 
every six, twelve, or twenty-four hours. In all cases 
when improvement takes place, the medicines should 
be taken less frequently, and gradually relinquished. 

ALTERNATION OF MEDICINES. 

To avoid the confusion resulting from mixing differ- 
ent drugs in one prescription, and to ascertain the pure 
action of each, Homoeopaths never mix several together; 



Milk Diet. 47 

but in acute diseases, where the symptoms of the malady- 
are not covered by a single remedy, and a second one is 
indicated, the two are sometimes given in alternation j 
that is, one medicine is followed by another at certain 
intervals of time, and in a regular order of succession. 
But the alternate use of medicines should, as much as 
possible, be avoided. Except in violent and rapid dis- 
eases, the author rarely prescribes medicines alternately, 
and strongly recommends the general discontinuance of 
that method, as one little calculated to yield exact and 
definite clinical experience. 



Homoeopathy is not, as is often stated, a mere sys- 
tem of diet. The grand rule to be observed is, that 
patients should partake of easily digestible and nour- 
ishing food, sufficient to satisfy hunger ; and of such 
drink as nature requires to allay thirst. Nearly all the 
general remarks that it seems necessary to make in this 
place are, that the diet should be regulated by the pa- 
tient's observations, intelligently made, as to what kinds 
of food and drink best agree with him, these being modi- 
fied by the nature, stage, and progress of the disease un- 
der which he may be suffering. Meals should be eaten 
slowly, in a cheerful spirit, and taken at regular inter- 
vals, usually not more than three in the day ; and no 
severe exercise — mental or physical — should be un- 
dertaken immediately after a meal. 

MILK DIET. 

When this diet is prescribed, it includes all kinds of 
* See also pages 58 and 59. 



48 Medicines, Diet, etc, 

light puddings, made with milk. Arrowroot, gruel, 
tapioca, or sago, boiled in milk, rice, etc. Also tea or 
cocoa, and bread-and-butter. 

ORDINARY DIET. 

Meat, prepared for the table so as to retain all its 
gravy, and vegetables, varied from time to time, and 
properly cooked, for dinner. Bread, with butter or 
fruit, and cocoa or tea, with milk and sugar, for the 
morning and evening meal. Cheese may be used if it 
agree, and the digestive organs are healthy. In many 
hospitals the daily allowance of meat is three-fourths 
of a pound, including bone. Bread as required. 

MEAT DIET. 

When this is ordered, meat should be taken twice 
daily ; but for breakfast, eggs may sometimes be substi- 
tuted. In other respects, the same as for ordinary diet. 

EXTRAORDINARY DIET. 

In hospitals, this includes meat, fish, poultry, etc. ; 
also wine, brandy, or porter, specially ordered by the 
doctor. The quantity of spirits, wine, or beer, to be 
taken by a patient, should be regulated by the special 
order of a medical man, and none taken unless so 
ordered. 

Different diseases and different constitutions, how- 
ever, require varied kinds of food. Thus, in cases 
of diarrhoea, fruits and vegetables should be avoided, 
while a confined state of the bowels requires a free use 



Tobacco. 49 

of these articles ; also, when febrile symptoms are pres- 
ent, meat, eggs, butter, and other stimulating food, 
should be excluded from the bill of fare, and the diet 
restricted more particularly to fruits and farinaceous 
articles, or to water and mucilaginous drinks alone. 

In acute and dangerous diseases no food whatever 
may be proper, the only admissible article being that 
for which nature craves, viz., pure cold water, given in 
small quantities, at short intervals. 

TOBACCO. 

Tobacco and Snuff in every form, are highly preju- 
dicial. Tobacco-smoking often induces thirst and vital 
depression, and as it is generally accompanied by spit- 
ting, wastes the saliva, and leads to the worst and most 
obstinate forms of indigestion. The secretions of the 
mouth should never be expectorated, unless they are 
the products of disease, as in catarrh. Tobacco-smok- 
ing, especially where the habit is acquired in early life, 
gives an unhealthy character to the blood, produces a 
sallow hue of the skin, general physical weakness, and 
stunted growth. And these injurious consequences do 
not end with the smoker, but are transmitted from 
parent to child, resulting often in a puny, weak, and 
unhealthy offspring. Smoking tends to destroy the 
nervous forces, depriving the individual of that vigor- 
ous energy which should distinguish both his physical 
and moral character. We venture to indorse the fol- 
lowing prediction : " If the habit of smoking in Eng- 
land advances as it has done during the last fifteen 
years, the English character will lose that combination 
3 



go Medicines, Diet, >tc. 

of energy and solidity, which has hitherto distinguished 
it, and England will sink in the scale of nations."* 

DRUGS. 

Persons under Homoeopathic treatment are particu- 
larly cautioned against taking herb-tea, senna, salts, 
castor oil, pills, and other drugs. Caution in respect 
to aperient drugs is especially required, now that such 
numerous patent medicines are advertised and sold' in 
every part of the country, doing an incalculable amount 
of injury. 

* What is the prospect for the people of the United States of 
America ? 



mn he- 



Diseases and Their Treatment. 



chapter I. 

FEVERS, 



I. — simple fever (Febriculd). 

Simple fever is the mildest form in which a feverish 
attack occurs, and as it generally disappears in from 
twelve to thirty-six hours, it is termed an ephemeral 
disease. 

Symptoms. — A feverish attack usually commences 
in the afternoon or evening with alternate chills and 
flushes, followed by heat and dryness of the skin ; hard, 
full, quick pulse ; dry, coated tongue ; thirst ; hurried, 
anxious breathing, and highly-colored and scanty urine. 
Also, often, pain in the loins, headache, deranged 
bowels, and loss of appetite. As these symptoms may 
be precursors of serious diseases, they require prompt 
attention. 

Causes. — Suppressed perspiration, exposure to damp 
or cold, sudden changes of temperature, wearing damp 



52 Fevers. 

clothes; poor or insufficient diet; injuries, internal or 
external ; fatigue, etc. ; or it may be a modified variety of 
one of the forms of fever described in the next section, 

Treatment. — Aconitum is found to be the chief 
remedy for all such symptoms as those above indicated ; 
and it will most effectually calm the arterial excitement. 
Aconitum has been termed the Homoeopathic Lancet ; 
and in all febrile attacks, whether slight or serious, it is 
the first remedy to be administered. Perspiration fol- 
lowing its administration is often a welcome indication 
of its beneficial action. A dose every two or three 
hours, or, in urgent cases, every half-hour or hour, till 
perspiration breaks out, when this remedy may be dis- 
continued. 

[Dr. J. S. Douglas, of Milwaukee, U. S. A., in his excellent do- 
mestic manual, " Practical Homoeopathy," speaks highly of Gel- 
seminum in the treatment of fevers generally — and we give place 
to his instructions the more readily because he has had more expe- 
rience in the use of Gelseminum than most other well-informed 
medical men.— Amer. Ed.] 

Dr. Douglas says : In the early or chilly stage, put a 
few drops of Gelseminum in a tumbler of water, and add 
an equal number of spoonfuls of water, and give a spoon- 
ful every half-hour till the chill ceases, and perspiration 
is procured, or the pain and fever subside. Then stop 
it as long as the improvement continues. As soon as 
the symptoms begin to return, renew it. In a majority 
of cases, the first dose stops the chill within fifteen or 
twenty minutes. If the first dose produces no effect, 
increase it to two, three, or five drops, for there is a 
great difference in the quantity required by different 
persons. In many cases one-half or one-quarter drop 
is sufficient. After a free perspiration is thus produced, 
the pains subside, and the patient goes to sleep, and 
when he wakes, is conscious that his " fever is broken up," 



Simple Fever 53 

It is important that this treatment should be adopted 
in the early stage of the attack. I have cured innumer- 
able cases by this remedy alone. This is applicable to 
all fevers that come on with chills and pains, as above 
described, whether catarrhal (from a cold), bilious, 
typhoid, or rheumatic. When these symptoms are 
present, Getseminum is the remedy. If the treatment is 
not commenced till a later period, it will often succeed, 
and should be tried as the first remedy, but there is 
much less certainty of success. But it need not be con- 
tinued over one day, if it is not obviously doing good. 
If this fails, and the fever puts on the forms and symp- 
toms hereafter described, then corresponding remedies 
must be used. 

Gelseminum is the best remedy known for simple fever. 
Aconite is the indispensable remedy for local inflamma- 
tions, which often exist in fever. This distinction is of 
great importance, and should not be forgotten. 

Camphor. — For a sudden seizure of chilliness ; shiver- 
ing, with lassitude, and general indisposition which has 
come on rapidly. Two drops of the strong tincture of 
Camphor on a small piece of loaf sugar, or two or three 
globules of strong Camphor repeated three times, at in- 
tervals of fifteen or twenty minutes, may precede Aconi- 
tum, or it may be alone sufficient. 

If the fever is more severe and persistent, other medi- 
cines may be required, the indications for which are 
stated in the next section. 

Accessory Means. — The patient should be kept 
cool and quiet, no stimulating food or drink taken, and 
all causes likely to occasion mental or bodily excite- 
ment carefully avoided, See Accessory measures in 
fevers, page 56. 



54 



Fevers. 



II. — -ENTERIC OR TYPHOID AND TYPHUS FEVERS. 

Symptoms. — The most characteristic are debility and 
emaciation ; weariness and restless anxiety ; ringing 
noises in the ears, and often deafness ; black spots be- 
fore the eyes ; low muttering delirium ; stupor : and an 
eruption. The latter, however, may be imperfect, or 
even absent.* 

TABULAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TYPHOID AND 
TYPHUS FEVER. 



TYPHOID. 

(i.) Typhoid seldom attacks 
persons after forty, and is most 
common in youth, including 
children. 

(2.) Is more common among 
the rich than the poor. 

(3.) Arises from decomposing 
animal matter, foul drinking- 
water, as when a drain leaks into 
a well, etc. 

(4.) Comes on insidiously, the 
premonitory stages lasting a 
week or more. 

(5.) The bowels are much 
affected with diarrhoea, conges- 
tion, or even ulceration. 

(6.) The eruption of the skin 

Consists of ROSE-COLORED SPOTS, 

something like measles, appears 
in successive crops, and fades 
under pressure. 

(7.) Continues at least three 
weeks, and often five or six, or 
even more. 



TYPHUS. 

(1.) Typhus occurs at any 
age, but more frequently in mid- 
dle life. 

(2) Is rare among the wealthy, 
excepting doctors, students, and 
visiting clergymen. 

(3.) Arises from over-crowd- 
ing, bad ventilation, and destitu- 
tion ; it spreads by contagion. 

(4.) C©mes on quickly. 



(5.) The head is chiefly af- 
fected, and the bowels are but 
little so. 

(6.) The eruption is of a 

MULBERRY COLOR, COmeS out 

only once, and does not disap- 
pear under pressure. 

(7.) Runs its course in about 
a fortnight. 



* For more detailed symptoms and treatment, see the " Homoeo- 
pathic Vade Mecum." 



Typhoid and Typhus. 55 

TYPHOID. TYPHUS. 

(8.) The tendency to death is (8.) Tends to death by coma 
by ASTHENIA [exhaustion) {morbid drowsiness). 

(9.) Is commonly called gas- (g.) Is sometimes called brain 

TRIC FEVER. FEVER. 

Treatment. — First stage. — Verat. vir, Baptisia tinc- 
toria, or Bry. 

Great prostration. — Ars., Verat., or Rhus Tox. 

The Lungs involved. — Phos. and Bry. 

The Brain. — Bell., Camph., Opi., or Rhus. 

The Bowels. — Ars., Bapt., Carbo Veg., Ipec, or Merc. 

Nervous debility following. — Fer. Sulph., China, Ign. 

Verat. vir. — Rapid pulse, severe headache, vomiting, 
and even delirium. 

Baptisia. — Early typhoid symptoms. This remedy 
should be given as soon as typhoid fever is suspected. 

Bryonia. — Bitter taste, brown-coated and rough 
tongue, bilious derangement, nausea, confined bowels, 
stupifying headache, cough, stitches in the chest, and ir- 
ritable disposition. When there is furred tongue, 
rheumatic pains and restlessness, Bry. may be alter- 
nated with Rhus every third hour. 

Belladonna. — Violent headache, redness and conges- 
tion of the face ; a wild, red, and fiery appearance of 
the eyes ; throbbing and distension of the blood-vessels 
of the temples ; wakefulness and nocturnal delirium, 
and other cerebral symptoms. Hyoscyamus may some- 
times be required instead of Bell. 

Mercitrius. — Copious debilitating perspirations ; foul 
state of the mouth, throat, breath, etc. ; diarrhceic 
evacuations, greenish or yellowish ; thickly-coated 
tongue ; tenderness at the pit of the stomach. 



56 Fevers: 

Opium. — Stupor; slow, stertorous (snoring) breath- 
ing ; hard, full, slow, or oppressed pulse ; low delirium. 

Arsenicum. — Great debility, prostration, and rapid 
sinking, with very small and thready pulse ; burning 
thirst ; diarrhoea, with dark, offensive discharges ; cold 
perspirations ; symptoms worse at night. 

Rhus Tox. — Foul discharges from the bowels; livid 
color of the skin ; fading away, or unhealthy character 
of the eruption ; paralytic symptoms ; extreme weak- 
ness and prostration ; low muttering delirium ; picking 
of the bed-clothes ; offensive, putrid, or bloody diar- 
rhoea ; dry? cracked tongue ; great thirst, and scanty 
urine. 

Carbo Veg. — Offensive smells from the patient; in- 
voluntary evacuations of a putrid odor ; deep-red urine ; 
pinched, sunken countenance ; burning in the abdomen 
and pit of the stomach; cold extremities ; rapidly sink- 
ing powers, and scarcely perceptible pulse. 

Administration. — A dose should be given every one 
or two hours during the severity of the symptoms ; at 
other times every three to six hours. 

Accessory Measures in Fevers and the Sick- 
room Generally. — The following points in the nurs- 
ing of fever patients should receive special attention : 

(1 .) The apartment. — If practicable, the patient should 
be placed in a spacious, well-ventilated room, which al- 
lows an uninterrupted admission of fresh air, and the 
free escape of tainted air. Fresh air can only be insured 
by an open window or door, or both. It is generally 
desirable to have a blazing fire in a grate or open fire- 
place, kept burning mgnt and day, both in summer and 
winter ; this also assists ventilation ; but the patient's 



Typhoid and Typhus. 57 



head should be protected from its direct effects. The 
poison of the disease being thus diluted with atmos- 
pheric air, loses its power and so becomes inoperative. 
The room should be divested of all superfluous furni- 
ture — carpets, bed-hangings, etc. The light from the 
windows should be subdued, noise shut out, and un- 
necessary talking forbidden. 

(2.) Cleanliness. — The personal and bed linen should 
be frequently changed, and all matters discharged from 
the body immediately removed. The mouth should be 
frequently wiped out with a soft wet towel, to remove 
the sordes which gather there in severe forms of fever. 
The patient's body should be sponged over as com- 
pletely as possible at suitable intervals with tepid or 
cold water, as may be most agreeable to his feelings, 
and quickly dried with a soft towel. Vinegar and water 
may now and then be substituted for simple water. 
Vinegar is often very grateful to fever patients. Spong- 
ing the whole surface of the body should never be omit- 
ted in fever ; it reduces the excessive heat, soothes the 
uneasy sensations of the patient, and is indispensable in 
maintaining that cleanliness which is so desirable in the 
sick-room. Frequent washing with soap and water also 
tends to prevent the occurrence of bed-sores, by keep- 
ing the skin in a healthy condition. 

(3.) Watching patients. — Fever patients should never 
be left alone, but attended and watched day and night. 
Their urgent and incessant wants require this, and their 
safety demands it. Instances have occurred of patients, 
in the delirium which so frequently attends fever, get- 
ting out of bed, and even out of the window, during the 
absence of the nurse, and losing their lives from injury. 



58 Fevers* . 

(4.) Beverages. — As a beverage, especially in mild 
cases, and at the commencement of all fevers, pure 
water, toast-and-water, gum-water sweetened with a 
little sugar,* or barley-water, is nearly all that is neces- 
sary. In acute fever, cold water is like the " Balm of 
Gilead." Both internally and externally it is an agent 
of supreme importance, and acts favorably by lowering 
the excessive temperature, and also as a tonic, giving 
vigor and tone to the relaxed capillaries, in which the 
morbid action probably chiefly goes on. The use 'of 
water will prove a valuable adjunct to the medicinal 
treatment prescribed, and will accelerate those favorable 
changes which are hoped for. 

(5.) Strong support. — If the fever is attended by de- 
cided symptoms of prostration — feeble pulse, a con- 
fused and dusky countenance, etc. — Liebig's extract of 
meat should be given early ; if the prostration is very 
marked, and beef-tea, or Liebig's extract is insufficient, 
wine may be added, and even brandy ; also the brandy- 
and-egg mixture is often of great utility. If the patient 
enjoys these stimulants, and desires their continuance, 
they may be regarded as proofs of their utility. Should, 
however, the wine or brandy aggravate the existing 
symptoms, their employment should be discontinued. 
A point of great importance is, that nourishment should 
be administered with strict regularity ; in very extreme 
cases of prostration, every half-hour or hour, both day 

* Gum-water is prepared by adding one ounce of gum-arabic, 
and about half an ounce of loaf sugar to one pint of hot water. Gum 
is a mild nutritive substance, admirably adapted to inflammation of 
the mucous membrane, as in catarrh, bronchitis, inflammation of the 
bladder, etc. 



Typhoid and Typhus. 59 

and night. Frequently, the functions of digestion and 
assimilation are so greatly impaired, that a large quan- 
tity of nourishment must be given to sustain the patient 
till the disease has passed through its stages. Dr. 
Graves was so strongly impressed with the importance 
of nourishment, as to have said that he desired no other 
epitaph than that he fed fevers. 

(6.) Food not to be kept in the sick-room, — Miss Night- 
ingale's suggestion on this point is so important, but, 
we regret to observe, so often disregarded, that we ven- 
ture to repeat it here. It is this — do not keep the food, 
drink, or delicacies intended for the patient, in the sick- 
room or within his sight. The air of the apartment is 
liable to deteriorate them, and the continuous sight of 
them to excite disgust. Rather take up for him, at the 
fitting time, and by way of surprise, two or three tea- 
spoonfuls of jelly, or as many fresh grapes as he may 
consume at once, or the segment of an orange. Or, if 
it is appropriate to his condition, a small cup of beef- 
tea, covered, with one or two narrow slips of toasted 
bread, as very much preferable to attempting to sw T allow 
even a less quantity from a basinful that has been kept 
for many hours within reach of the patient's hand and 
eye. 

(7.) Moderation in convalescence. — Relapses are very 
liable to occur from indulging the appetite too freely 
during convalescence ; and, therefore, toast and black 
tea, light bread-puddings, white fish, mutton-broth, beef 
extract; a small quantity of tender chicken, broiled 
mutton, etc., may only be allowed in great moderation ; 
but never to the capacity of the appetite, till the tongue 
is quite clean and moist, and the pulse and skin have 



60 Fevers: 

become natural. Even then moderation should be ex- 
ercised, as the appetite is often excessively craving. 

(8.) Unnecessary approaches. — These should be guard- 
ed against by persons in health, especially by the young, 
in whom susceptibility to disease is strongest. The 
greatest danger arises from the breath, and on turning 
down the bed-clothes. Another precaution is, not to 
visit the sick-chamber after long fasting. The great 
protective influence, however, is fresh air j this neutral- 
izes fever-poison, and should be uninterruptedly pass- 
ing through the patient's apartment. With open door 
and windows, an$ by avoiding the patient's breath, and 
the exhalations from his person, till they become well 
diluted with pure air, fever cases of the very worst kind 
may be visited with perfect impunity. 

(9.) Preventive measures. — To prevent bad forms of 
fever, the cholera, and other acute and dangerous dis- 
eases, the following hints should be acted on : absti- 
nence from alcoholic drinks ; temperance in eating and 
drinking ; healthy amusements, especially in the open 
air ; industrial pursuits, short of great fatigue ; the 
light of the sun and fresh air should be admitted into 
every room ; all stagnant water should be drained away 
from the house ; filth — animal and vegetable matters — 
should not be allowed to accumulate and decompose 
about sinks or drains ; personal cleanliness should re- 
ceive due attention, and a sponge, shower, or plunge- 
bath be taken daily ; and, lastly, a bottle of the strong 
tincture of Camphor, or strong Camphor pills (both of 
Homoeopathic preparation), should always be at hand, 
so that when unavoidably exposed to infectious and 
dangerous influences, a dose may be taken before the 



Intermittent Fever. 61 

poison has extended to the blood. As general prevent- 
ive means, these hints are of the highest importance, 
and may be carried out in the confident hope of exemp- 
tion from the threatened evil. The words of Heberden 
embody a natural law of the highest importance : " The 

SEEDS Of VARIOUS KINDS OF DISEASE, LIKE THOSE OF 
VEGETABLES, WILL ONLY SPRING UP AND THRIVE WHEN 
THEY FALL UPON A SOIL CONVENIENT FOR THEIR 
GROWTH." 

II. INTERMITTENT FEVER AGUE. 

Intermittent fever is so named because the febrile 
symptoms return in paroxysms, between which they en- 
tirely pass off. 

Symptoms. — A paroxysm of ague has three stages — 
the cold, the hot, and the perspiring. The first stage 
commences with chilliness and rigors, chattering of the 
teeth, aching of the back and limbs, oppression of the 
chest, yawning and sighing. The face is pale, the fea- 
tures and skin contracted, the pulse frequent and small, 
the tongue white, and the urine scanty and frequently 
passed. In the seco?id stage, flushings come on, until 
the entire body becomes hot, with thirst, bounding 
pulse, throbbing headache, and restlessness, the urine 
being still scanty, but high-colored. At length, the 
third or perspiring stage succeeds, and the patient feels 
much relieved. Thirst diminishes, the pulse declines 
in frequency, and the appetite returns ; at the same 
time there is a red deposit of urates in the urine. A 
paroxysm usually lasts about six hours, allowing two 
hours for each stage. The period between the parox- 



62 Fevers. 

ysms, as already explained, is called the intermission; 
but by an interval is meant the whole period or cycle 
between the beginning of one paroxysm, and the begin- 
ning of the next. 

Pathology,* — It is supposed that in the cold stage 
the blood leaves the surface and the capillaries, and ac- 
cumulates about the right side of the heart, the large 
veins and great venous organs of the interior, such as 
the liver, spleen, and the bases of the lungs ; in the hot 
stage, the heart re-acts and throws out the blood again 
to the surface, but with too great force ; in the sweating 
stage the secretions are re-established, and the proper 
balance between the large and small blood-vessels, is 
restored. 

Types. — -There are three chief types of ague ; ist. 
The Quotidian, has a paroxysm daily, coming on in the 
morning from 7 to 9 a.m., and an interval of twenty- 
four hours. 2d. The Tertian, has a paroxysm every 
other day, coming on from. 10 to 12 o'clock at noon, 
and an interval of forty-eight hours. 3d. The Quartan, 
has a paroxysm every third day, coming on from 2 to 4 
p.m., and an interval of seventy-two hours. The tertian 
is the most frequent, and has the most marked hot 
stage ; but the quartan is the most obstinate, and chiefly 
occurs in the autumn. There is still another type in 
which, though there is an attack every day, those only 
resemble each other which occur on alternate days. 

Effects. — From the recurrence of internal conges- 
tions in each cold stage, the function of the liver and 
bowels becomes disordered, the patient is sallow, his 
limos waste, but his abdomen is distended, and his 
bowels constipated. The spleen is especially liable to be 



Intermittent Fever. 6$ 

enlarged, sometimes to a great extent, so as to be felt 
excernally. This condition is popularly called ague-cake. 

Causes. — The exciting cause of ague is Marsh Mias- 
ma, which is probably the effluvia from decomposing 
vegetable matter, and is most rife when the land is dry- 
ing, after having been previously soaked with water. 
It is, therefore, most frequent in the spring, and when 
the rains fall upon the decaying leaves in autumn. 

Laws. — Malaria obeys the following laws, which, on 
account of their practical value, are worth noting, ist. 
It spreads in the course of prevailing winds. 2d. Its 
progress is arrested by rivers and running streams, and 
by rows of trees. 3d. It does not rise above the low 
level. 4th. It is most dangerous at night. 

Treatment. — This is divided into the palliative and 
the curative. The palliative is adopted during the 
paroxysms to mitigate the symptoms, and consists 
chiefly in imparting warmth during the cold stage ; re- 
moving the patient's coverings, and giving cooling 
drinks during the hot ; and supplying him with warm 
and dry linen when the perspiring stage has passed by. 
The curative is adopted during the intermission, and is 
of the greatest importance. The following are the chief 
remedies in our short list : 

China. — Ague in marshy districts, with its regular 
stages, and when there are yellowish complexion, 
drowsiness, tender or swollen liver or spleen, and wa- 
tery or bilious diarrhoea. A dose just before a parox- 
ysm is expected, and every four hours all through the 
intermission. 

Arsenicum. — Heat and shivering at the same time, or 
in alternation, or internal shivering with external heat ;, 



64 Fevers. 

burning heat, thirst, pains in the stomach, debility, and 
tendency to dropsical swellings ; also when Quinine or 
Bark has been used in excess. 

Ipecacuanha. — Nausea and vomiting, with other gas- 
tric symptoms. 

Accessory Measures. — If practicable, residence in 
a well-drained district, with a dry, bracing atmosphere, 
[f compelled to remain in a malarious atmosphere, the 
laws of intermittents should be remembered, and the 
patient not remain out of doors at night, selecting 'the 
loftiest parts of the house to sleep in. Air and light 
should be freely admitted during the middle of the day 
into the house, but the night air carefully excluded. 
Light nourishing diet may be taken, but the digestive 
organs must not be overtaxed. Fatigue and cold 
draughts of air must be avoided, and the clothing be 
sufticient to be comfortable. 

For ampler treatment, see " The Homoeopathic Vade 
Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery." 



CHAPTER II. 

THE ERUPTIVE FEVERS, 

(Exanthemata^) 



The Exanthemata or eruptive fevers arise from a 
specific contagion, run a definite course, are accom- 
panied by a specific inflammation of the skin, called the 
eruption, affect some part of the mucous membrane as 
well as the skin, and, as a general rule, only attack an 
individual once. 

The true Exanthemata, including all these charac- 
teristics, are, the small-pox, measles, and scarlet fever y 
but there are other less perfect forms, as chicken-pox, 
nettle-rash, and rose-rash ; even continued fever itself is 
classed with them. These diseases are called by the 
Registrar-General Zymotic diseases, a term implying 
their origin in a poison which acts like a ferment in the 
blood, and are regarded by sanitary reformers as pre- 
ventable diseases. They have all a latent period inter- 
vening between the reception of the contagion and ac- 
cession of the fever, during which time the patient is to 
all appearances in good health, 

T. SCARLET FEVER SCARLATINA. 

This is a contagious disease, chiefly affecting chil- 
dren. The second, third, fourth, and fifth years of life 
are those in which it is most prevalent ; after the tenth 



66 Eruptive Fevers. 

year its frequency rapidly declines. The opinion that 
the disease does not attack children under two years 
of age is very erroneous. The increasing prevalence 
of Scarlatina during the present century leads us to 
assign to it that pre-eminent rank among the causes of 
the mortality of childhood which was formerly occu- 
pied by Small-pox ; indeed it is probable that as 
Small-pox has declined since the introduction of vac- 
cination, Scarlatina has proportionately increased, so 
that the mortality from it greatly exceeds that from 
Measles and Small-pox combined. In 1863 the mor- 
tality from this disease in London alone was 4,982, a 
year remarkable for the wide-spread character and 
fatality of this epidemic. Nor were its ravages re- 
stricted to London, for scarcely a town or district of 
England escaped. The mortality in towns is double 
that in the country. 

Symptoms. — Scarlatina has a latent period of about 
five days. The disease commences with the ordinary 
precursors of fever — shivering, hot skin, frequent pulse, 
thirst, and sore throat, and, often, vomiting. On the 
second or third day, after these symptoms, the eruption 
appears, first on the neck and breast, and then over the 
great joints and body generally, as a scarlet efflorescence, 
minutely point-shaped, but not raised above the sur- 
rounding skin so as to be felt ; and somewhat resem- 
bles a boiled lobster-shell. On about the fifth day after 
its appearance, the eruption generally begins to decline, 
and gradually goes off, the outer skin desquamating in 
large flakes. The distinctive characters of Scarlatina 
are— (1.) The scarlet rash, just described.— (2.) The 
high temperature of the skin and blood, which becomes 



Scarlet Fever. 67 

higher than in most other fevers, rising often to 105 °, 
98 being the normal standard. — (3.) The papillae of 
the tongue are red and prominent y and may be first seen 
projecting through a white fur, or, as this fur clears 
away, on a red ground, and has been termed " the 
strawberry-tongue." — (4.) The sore throat. The throat 
is congested and swollen round the soft palate and 
tonsils, and the mucous membrane of the mouth and 
nostrils is generally affected. 

To distinguish Scarlatina from Measles, see under the 
latter disease, page 72. 

Varieties. — There are three forms, viz., Scarlatina 
simplex, in which the skin only appears to be affected ; 
Scarlatina anginosa, in which both skin and throat are 
involved, (the variety commonly meant by " Scarlet 
fever) ; and Scarlatina maligna, with extreme depres- 
sion of the vital strength, superadded to the affection 
of the throat and skin, the fever assuming a malignant 
character. The tongue is brown, there is low delirium, 
the eruption is imperfect, darker than usual, and alter- 
nately appearing and disappearing. The throat is dark, 
livid, and even sloughy. Often this form of the disease 
terminates fatally on the third or fourth day, and is 
always one of such extreme danger that none but pa- 
tients of very vigorous constitutions, and when skillful 
treatment is commenced early, survive it. 

Scarlatina is more prone to assume a malignant form 
than any other of the exanthemata, and sometimes pre- 
vails epidemically in low or ill-drained districts. 

Treatment. — Scarlatina simplex — BelL alt. Aeon. ; 
Sulph. during convalescence. Scarlatina anginosa — 
Merc, for ulceration of the throat ; Apis, excessive 



68 Eruptive Fevers. 

swelling. Scarlatina i?ialigna — Ailanthus glandulosa, 
Ars., Apis, Gels., Mur. ac, Phos., Opi., etc. ; also spray 
of Sulphurous Acid, or of Condys Fluid diluted — one 
part of either to about twelve of water. 

This disease should always be under the care of a 
homoeopathic physician, as the mildest forms, neglected, 
have often led to the worst results. 

Belladonna. — Immediately Scarlatina is suspected, 
and especially when the rash begins to appear, the swal- 
lowing becoming difficult, and the throat inflamed. 
Belladonna should be given every first, second, or third 
hour, according to the severity of the symptoms, and as 
long as the eruption is bright-red. This medicine ex- 
erts a direct power over Scarlet fever, which in its sim- 
ple form, will frequently yield to its action without the 
aid of other medicines. 

Aconitum. — If the fever be severe, a few doses may 
precede, or be alternated with, Bell. 

Gelseminum. — In simple cases when the eruption is 
not clear, when the symptoms are remittent, and for 
nervous restlessness, etc. 

Veratrum viride is valuable when there is much head 
disturbance, vomiting, and very rapid pulse. 

Mercurius. — Inflamed, swollen, or ulcerated throat. 

If there be a predominance of the throat symptoms, 
especially malignant sore throat, Merc, is most valuable. 

Arsenicum. — Great prostration of strength ; cold 
clammy sweats ; frequent, weak pulse ; threatened 
dropsy. 

Sulphur.— When the disease is on the decline, to 
prevent secondary complaints. A dose night and morn- 
ing for several days. 



Scarlet Fever. 69 

General Measures. — The hints on Nursing, page 
56, should be studied, and, as far as possible, strictly 
carried out. Sponging the surface of the body with 
tepid water, to moderate the great heat and allay rest- 
lessness, is a most useful measure. A wet bandage to 
the throat, when it is affected, is a sovereign remedy, 
and seldom fails to relieve. It should be fastened both 
at the back of the neck, and at the top of the head, so as 
to protect the glands near the angles of the jaws. Inhala- 
tion of steam from hot water is useful when the throat is 
sore and painful. Also the wet pack, as described 
page 33* 

Prevention. — During the prevalence of scarlatina, 
a dose of Belladonna should be given night and morn- 
ing to children who have not had the disease. The 
first dilution, or even the strong tincture, is best for this 
purpose. Should the disease occur notwithstanding 
this treatment, its severity will be much mitigated. 

After Consequences (Seauelce). — There are several 
sequelae that may follow Scarlatina, especially in un- 
healthy subjects or districts, or when the disease has 
not been skillfully treated. — (1.) Inflammation and 
swelling of the glands of the neck, which in scrofulous 
children attain a large size, often suppurate, and burrow 
under the muscles of the neck. Merc. Hepar s., or Calc. 
should be administered immediately any swelling is ob- 
served. (2.) The inflammation of the throat may be 
extended along the Eustachian tubes (little canals which 
extend from the throat to the ear), producing deafness 
by their obstruction, or by suppuration of the tympanum 
(drum of the ear), or by some other mischief of the 
ear. The remedies recommended are Bell., Merc, 



70 Eruptive Fevers, 

Aurum or Puis. (3.) But the most frequent and dan- 
gerous sequel is anasarca (dropsy), which takes place 
about the twenty-second day from the commencement 
of the fever. It is worth notice that dropsy is more 
frequent after a mild than after a severe form of Scarla- 
tina, owing probably to the disease not having expended 
all its' force, some of the poison remaining in the sys- 
tem ; or it may be due to the want of caution in such 
cases during convalescence. Apis, Arsen., or Bry., are 
the chief remedies. Apis is generally a prime remedy 
in post-scarlatinal dropsy. 

11. — measles (Rubeola, Morbilli). 

Measles is a disease of childhood, usually unattended 
with danger, unless improperly treated ; in adults it is 
a severe, or even dangerous malady. Like Scarlatina 
and Small-pox, it is highly contagious, often epidemic, 
and generally attacks the same patient only once. 

Symptoms. — Ahout eight days after the reception of 
the infection, the disease is ushered in with the symp- 
toms of a common cold, such as sneezing, running from 
the nose, red, swollen, and watery eyes, a hoarse, harsh, 
cough, and fever. On about the fourth day, the erup- 
tion appears on the face and neck, and soon after on 
the whole body. It is in the form of minute pimples, 
which multiply and coalesce into blotches of a more or 
less crescentic form, slightly raised above the surround- 
ing skin, so as to be felt, particularly on the face, which 
is a good deal swollen. In four or five days the fever 
abates, and the eruption declines, a bran-like scurf being 
afterwards thrown off the skin. 



Measles. 7 1 

Measles differ from Scarlatina in several respects. 
The eruption is rough, so that on passing the hand over 
the skin considerable inequalities may be detected, and 
is of a darkish scarlet color ; in Scarlet Fever, the rough- 
ness is absent, and the rash is of a bright scarlet color. 
The sneezing, lachrymation, and other catarrhal symp- 
toms which characterize the primary stage of Measles, 
are usually absent in Scarlet Fever. 

Treatment. — In mild forms, Puis.; in severe and 
complicated, Aeon., Bry., Bell., Sulpha Ipec, Merc, 
Rhus lox. y Arsen., etc. 

Aconitum. — Febrile symptoms, either at the outset, or 
during the progress of the disease. See also Verat vir., 
under Small-pox. A dose every third or fourth hour, as 
long as may be necessary. 

Pulsatilla. — Almost specific in measles ; especially 
when symptoms of cold, derangement of the stomach, 
and much phlegm in the chest are present. It is most 
useful after the fever has been modified by Aconite ; or 
in the absence of fever it may be given alone. 

Belladonna. — Considerable affection of the throat, 
dry, barking cough, restlessness, and tendency to de- 
lirium. A few doses, at intervals of two or three hours 

Bryonia. — Imperfectly developed or suppressed erup- 
tion ; stitching pains in the chest, difficult breathing, 
cough, etc. In addition to this remedy, a sudden re- 
cession of the eruption might necessitate a warm bath. 
Seepage 157. 

Sulphur. — After the eruption has completed its natu- 
ral course, and the other remedies are discontinued. A 
dose night and morning for several days. 

After Consequences (Sequelce). — Measles is often 



72 Eruptive Fevers. 

succeeded by diseases of the lungs, eyes, ears, bones, 
or some affection of the skin. These are often far more 
serious than the malady itself, and generally require 
professional treatment. They may sometimes be pre- 
vented by the administration of Sulphur as just directed. 
Sequelae are infrequent after Homoeopathic treatment. 

Measles and Consumption. — Tubercular disease 
of the lungs, or, more often, of the bowels, is by no 
means an infrequent sequel in delicate or strumous 
children. Cases of this nature are often under our 
care, and from long observation we have reason to be- 
lieve that such a connexion is far from uncommon. 
Whenever, therefore, a child makes but a slow or im- 
perfect recovery after an attack of measles, more par- 
ticularly if there be tenderness, pain, or enlargement of 
the abdomen, diarrhoea or irregular action of the bowels, 
a grave constitutional disease may be suspected, and 
no time should be lost in obtaining professional Homoe- 
opathic assistance. 

Diet and Regimen. — The same as directed under 
Fevers, pages 58, 59. The wet pack, see pages 33, 34, 
is useful at the commencement of the fever. It is 
especially necessary to guard the patient from cold, 
and, except during the very height of summer, a fire 
should be kept burning in his room. Exposure may 
cause the eruption to recede, and bring on bronchitis 
or pneumonia. The patient should be kept in bed. 

Preventive Measures. — Measles is contagious, and 
may generally be prevented, or modified, by giving chil- 
dren who have not had the disease a dose of Pulsatilla 
morning and night during the prevalence of the disease. 



Small-Pox. 



in. — small-pox ( Variola). 



73 



This is a most contagious disease, and is distinguished 
as the distinct, in which the pustules are separate, and 
the confluent^ in which they run into each other, and 
form large continuous suppurating surfaces. 

Symptoms. — The attack commences like most other 
fevers, and about twelve or fourteen days after the re- 
ception of the poison. There are chilliness, heat, head- 
ache, a thickly-furred^ white tongue, a deep flush upon 
the face, a feeling of bruised pain all over the body, but 
especially in the back and loins ; more or less pain or 
tenderness at the pit of ihe stomachy and sometimes vomit- 
ing. When the pain of the back and vomiting are vio- 
lent, they may be regarded as the precursors of a severe 
form of the disease. On the third day the eruption 
appears in the form of red spots, or small hard pim- 
ples, feeling like shot in the skin. It first comes out on 
the forehead and front of the wrists, is gradually ex- 
tended over the body, and may also be seen upon the 
palate. The eruption being completed, the fever sub- 
sides, the pustules begin to fill like boils, are depressed 
in the centre, and surrounded by a circular inflamed ring. 
The eyelids, face, and hands are swollen, and the fea- 
tures obliterated. A peculiar, disagreeable odor now 
begins to emanate from the patient, which, once smelt, 
cannot be forgotten. In about eight days from the first 
appearance of the eruption, the pustules break and dis- 
charge their contents ; scales then form, which dry up, 
and, in a healthy state of constitution, fall off in the 
course of four or five days, leaving purplish spots, which 
do not fade away before the sixth or eighth week. 



74 Eruptive Fevers. 

Diagnosis. — In the early stage, Small-pox is chiefly- 
distinguishable from the other eruptive fevers by severe 
pain in the back, and vomiting ; also by the dots giving 
to the finger the sensation of small shots imbedded in the 
skin. This latter is a most useful sign to distinguish it 
from scarlatina and measles. 

Dangers. — The greatest danger arises from the 
secondary fever, about the ninth to the twelfth day, when 
the pustules are ripening ; for then the fever is likely to 
return, the vital strength having already been much 
exhausted. In a confluent case, fatal chest symptoms 
may arise, or it maybe followed by abscesses in various 
parts of the body, by ulceration, or by opacity of the 
cornea and loss of sight. 

Treatment. — Antimonium tart, should be given as 
soon as Small-pox is suspected, and is a chief remedy in 
the disease. The spasmodic retching, nausea, and 
hoarse cough, often very distressing, may be relieved by 
this medicine, 

Aconitum, every third hour, for fever, headache, and 
restlessness, or Veratrum viride if there be much sick- 
ness with the fever, and very rapid pulse. If the head 
symptoms are very severe, see also Bell. 

Belladonna. — Stupor or delirium, severe headache, 
or ophthalmia. Bell, has a direct action upon the brain ; 
it also tends to retain the eruption upon the surface. 

Apis. — Considerable swelling of the face and eyelids, 
the latter often becoming closed. If the swelling is at- 
tended with hoarseness and pain in swallowing, Apis and 
Bell, should be alternated. 

Mercurins. — Ulcerated throat, salivation, and diar- 
rhoea, with bloody stools. 



Small-Pox. 75 

Rhus tox. — Valuable during the eruptive stage, when 
there is severe pain in the loins and back, and marked 
prostration. 

Coffea. — Great restlessness and inability to sleep. A 
few doses only will be required. 

Carbo veg. — Low typhoid symptoms, with a tendency 
to putrescence. Also Arsenicum, etc. 

Accessory Means. — As soon as the eruption appears, 
the patient should be placed in a moderately dark room, 
in which there is ample provision made for the uninter- 
rupted admission of fresh air, and the free escape of 
tainted air. He should be kept cool, and the sheets and 
linen be frequently changed. As soon as the eruption 
is well out, the whole surface should be smeared over 
with bacon fat, the anointing being repeated twice or 
thrice daily. A piece of boiled bacon, with the skin on, 
cut horizontally, leaving about one-fourth of an inch of 
fat adhering to the skin, may be used to anoint the 
eruption. It completely prevents pitting, and allays 
irritation. As the pimples begin to ripen into pustules, 
and before they break, Dr. Belcher directs the skin to 
be sponged with glycerine and rose water, in equal parts, 
and directly afterwards, by the aid of a soft puff, to 
cover the skin with a powder prepared by mixing one 
part of the first trituration of Tart emetic with eight of 
violet powder. The glycerine-water causes the powder 
to adhere, and pitting is effectually prevented. The 
process should be repeated as often as necessary. If 
the patient is a child, his hands should be muffled to 
keep him from scratching, which might lead to ulcera- 
tion. Whenever the skin becomes hot or irritable, great 
relief will be afforded by sponging it with water, and 



76 Eruptive Fevers. 

well drying it with a soft towel. When the pustules 
have burst, powdered starch should be freely applied to 
absorb the matter. 

Diet. As in Fevers. See pages 58, 59. 

Vaccination. — This is the great preventive means. 
Its performance is now rendered compulsory during the 
first three months. In vaccination there are three pre- 
cautions to be observed: (1.) The vaccine lymph used 
should be taken from a child free from scrofula and any 
constitutional taint. (2.) The matter should be inserted 
in four places in each arm, it having been found that 
the protective power of vaccination is in proportion to 
the number of the resulting cicatrices (scars), that being 
the most efficient which leaves the most and the best 
cicatrices. (3.) It should be repeated at the age of pu- 
berty, the great changes which take place at this period 
of life rendering its repetition necessary. 

iv. — chicken-pox ( Varicella). 

This is a pustular eruption, similar, in its appearance, 
to Small-pox, for which it is at first often mistaken. It 
differs from Small-pox in the slighter degree of fever 
which attends it ; in the pustules becoming filled with a 
watery fluid about the second or third day, which is never 
converted into yellow matter, as in Small-pox ; and in 
its rapid course. Generally, on the third day the pus- 
tules dry up, forming crusts or scabs. 

Treatment. — It generally requires little medical 
assistance, but merely attention to diet, as in inflam- 
matory fever. If the fever is considerable, Aconitum 
every four or six hours. As a rule, Rhus tax. is the best 



Erysipelas. 77 

remedy, under the action of which the disease soon dis- 
appears. For headache and disturbance of the brain, 
two or three doses of Belladonna. 

v. — erysipelas (St. Anthony 's Fire). 

Idiopathic erysipelas arises from constitutional causes, 
and commonly affects the face and neck; traumatic 
erysipelas follows injuries, and may occur on any part. 

Symptoms. — Simple erysipelas, the variety treated of 
here, is marked by a spreading, inflammatory redness 
of the skin, with puffy swelling, tenderness, burning, 
and a painful sensation of tingling and tension. The 
color of the skin varies from a light-red to a dark-red 
or purplish color, becoming white under pressure, but 
assumes its former appearance on the removal of that 
pressure. An attack is often ushered in with shivering, 
languor, headache, and sometimes nausea, vomiting, or 
diarrhoea. 

Causes. — Debility, and loss of resisting power from 
disease ; the habitual use of stimulants ; exposure to 
cold ; impaired digestion ; wounds ; badly ventilated or 
crowded apartments ; and certain conditions of the at- 
mosphere. A recent wound or bruise is a chief exciting 
cause ; neglect of cleanliness, intemperance, unwholesome 
food, and bad air, are the predisposing causes. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Considerable fever ; in- 
flammation and tenderness of the parts. It is mostly 
required before the rash appears, but may be given, if 
indicated, at any stage. A dose every three hours. 

Belladonna-Severe cutaneous inflammation, bright- 
red, the eruption being without vesicles. Violent head- 



78 Eruptive Fevers, 

ache, thirst, constipation, and thick urine, usually attend 
this form of the disease. Bell, is often advantageously 
alternated with Aeon, in the early stages of the disease. 

Rhus tox. — Vesicles (little bladders), whether on the 
face or body, with swelling, shining redness of the parts, 
and restlessness. A dose every second or third hour. 

Other remedies are, Verat. vir.. Apis (rapid swelling), 
Arsen. (great prostration), Carbo veg. y Puis, and Sulph. 

Accessory Measures. — In mild cases, no external 
application is required, unless fluid exudes, which may 
be absorbed by dusting powdered starch over the sur- 
face. In severe cases, warm fomentations, and after- 
wards flour or fine starch should be sprinkled over the 
parts. When the eruption is obstinate, we have found 
a lotion of Veraf. vir. successful. If matter forms, in- 
cisions, poultices, and bandages may be necessary. 

Diet. — Gum-water, barley-water, or pure water to 
allay thirst. Bad and tedious cases require beef-tea, 
and good nourishment, at regular intervals ; and, sub- 
sequently, a change of air. 



CHAPTER III. 

DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF BREATHING, 



i. — cold in the head (Catarrh, Coryza). 

This is a very common complaint, and often the 
precursor of many serious and fatal diseases. It con- 
sists of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the 
air passages of the nose, throat, etc. 

Symptoms. — It usually comes on with slight shiver- 
ings, pain and a feeling of weight in the head, redness 
of the eyes, obstruction of one or both nostrils, accom- 
panied by a discharge of thin, colorless fluid. These 
symptoms are usually soon followed by sore throat, 
hoarseness, sneezing, dry cough, chilliness, general 
weakness, more or less fever, quick pulse, and loss of 
appetite. 

Causes. — Exposure to wet, changes of temperature, 
insufficient clothing, and especially deficient warmth 
when the body is cooling after having been heated. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — This is a remedy of great 
power, and undoubtedly surpasses every other in effi- 
cacy at the beginning of a cold, or in the precursory 
stages of all diseases resulting from a cold. If appro- 
priately and early administered, it will generally remove 
all the morbid symptoms consequent on cold, restore 



80 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

health, and so obviate the necessity for any other medi- 
cine ; a dose every second or third hour. If the cold 
has resulted in any of the diseases so often following it, 
Aconitum may be alternated with, or substituted by, one 
of the annexed, or some other remedy, according to the 
directions given in other parts of this manual. 

Camphor. — This remedy is only suited to the chill or 
cold stage, when its prompt administration, in two-drop 
doses, or the Camphor pi/is, every half-hour or hour, 
repeated several times, will often terminate the disease 
in the first stage. It should be chosen in preference to 
Aconitum during the chill stage, and especially when 
the patient has still to be exposed to changes of tem^ 
perature. 

Arsenicum. — Coryza, with copious, watery, acrid dis- 
charge, and soreness of the surrounding parts ; flow of 
tears, and lassitude ; especially for weak and wheezing 
patients. 

Mercurius. — Sneezing; soreness of the nose, with 
thick discharge ; profuse perspiration ; sensitiveness to 
cold, and aggravation of symptoms towards evening. 

Nux vom.— Sense of weight and pressure in the fore- 
head ; discharge during the day and stoppage at night ; 
"stuffy cold." 

Pulsatilla.— Loss of appetite ; diminished or perverted 
taste and smell ; much thick yellow or green discharge 
from the nose ; heaviness and confusion in the head, 
worse in the evening, or in a warm room. 

Kali bich. — Chronic Catarrh, with hoarseness, tough 
stringy sputa, chronically inflamed or ulcerated throat, 
cough, etc. An additional indication is a concurrent 
affection of the digestive mucous membrane. 



Cold in the Head. 81 

Sulphur. — Chronic catarrh, with free discharge. 

Dose and Repetition. — See page 46. 

Diet. — As for fever, if there is much present ; if no 
fever, the usual diet. 

The Hot Foot-Bath. — The following will often 
arrest colds and fevers in their incipient stages : On 
retiring to bed, the feet should be put in hot water, the 
water rising nearly to the knees ; the patient should be 
undressed, but abundantly and warmly covered ; the 
temperature of the water should be maintained and in- 
creased by fresh additions of hot water for ten, twenty, or 
thirty minutes, according to the strength of the patient, 
and until perspiration breaks out about the face. The pa- 
tient should then get into a warm bed, be well covered 
with clothes, and the perspiration encouraged by drink- 
ing freely of cold water. On rising in the morning the 
cold plunge-bath should be taken, or cold sponging 
over the whole surface of the body, followed by vigorous 
friction. 

Prevention. — Persons liable to cold on slight ex- 
posures, should take a cold sponge, shower, or plunge- 
bath, daily, at all seasons of the year, Delicate persons 
may begin by using tepid water for a few days, gradu- 
ally lowering the temperature till it reaches the natural 
coldness. The writer strongly deprecates the habit of 
washing in warm water. Proper clothing, regulated by 
the season, is of great importance for all, especially for 
children and young girls. Catarrhal wheezing patients, 
going out on a cold day, or passing from a warm to a 
cold room, may advantageously use a Respirator, if of 
good construction ; keeping the mouth shut and breath- 
ing through the nose, is however a better protection. 
4* 



82 Diseases of th*, Organs of Breathing. 

ii. — influenza ( Catarrhus Epidemicus). 

This is an epidemic catarrh, and is so called from the 
Italian word which means " influence," because it 
arises from some peculiar condition or contamination 
of the atmosphere. 

Symptoms. — These differ but little from common 
cold, except that the general debility is greater and 
more persistent. There are chilliness, anxiety, heat, 
headache, pain of the back and limbs, cough, nausea, 
suffusion of the eyes, sneezing, an acrid discharge from 
the nostrils, with great depression of strength. 

Treatment. — Camphor or Aconitum„ and, if after- 
wards necessary, Arsenicum^ Mercurius, Biyonia, etc., 
according to the indications ; see under " Cold in the 
head." Arsenicum is generally a prominent remedy. 

Diet and Regimen. — Beef-tea and farinaceous food, 
with repose in bed. If there is much fever with loss of 
appetite, toast-and-water or barley water will be most 
suitable, adopting, as the fever abates, a generous diet. 

in. — hoarseness. 

Hoarseness is a frequent accompaniment of a com- 
mon cold. 

Treatment. — Aconitum — Dryness, roughness, and 
sensation of fullness in the throat, with feverishness. 

Belladonna. — Hoarseness with constriction and sore- 
ness of the throat. 

Dulcaw,ara. — Hoarseness arising from exposure to 
damp or wet. 

Mercurius. — Hoarseness, with a thick discharge from 



Hoarseness. 83 

the nostrils, tickling, and burning in the throat, shiver- 
ing, and disposition to perspire. The symptoms are 
aggravated in the evening, in the cool air, and by- 
speaking and eating. 

Hepar sulphur. — Weak and hoarse voice ; wheezing 
breathing. It is indicated in old standing cases, and in 
persons who have taken large doses of Mercury. 

Phospho7'us. — Hoarseness, with dryness and soreness 
of the throat and chest, especially in the chronic form 
of the affection, and for patients having a consumptive 
tendency. 

Carbo veg. — Obstinate chronic hoarseness, worse in 
damp weather, after talking, and in the evening ; and 
for patients who have been dosed with Mercury. 

Wet Compress for the Throat. — This is an ex- 
cellent domestic application in various affections of the 
throat, and may be used preventively or remedially, in 
the following manner : Wring a piece of linen or flan- 
nel out of cold water, and wrap it, in two or three 
thicknesses, round the throat ; cover the compress with 
oiled silk, or gutta-percha tissue, and over this two or 
three thicknesses of flannel to maintain the warmth. 
When this is applied, the patient should retire to bed, 
and he will generally have the satisfaction of finding 
his throat difficulty much relieved by the morning. In 
obstinate cases, the compress should be re-wetted once 
or twice during the night, and also worn in the day- 
time, re-wetting it every three or four hours. When 
the compress is taken off, the throat and chest should 
be bathed with cold water, followed by a good rubbing 
with a towel. However often repeated, the wet compress 
never relaxes the throat. 



84 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

iv. — clergymen's sore throat. 

The following remedies are recommended for the 
sore throat and hoarseness to which clergymen, public 
speakers, and singers, are liable ; in the incipient and 
acute form, Aeon., Bell., Spong., Dros. ; in the chronic, 
Hep. s., Carbo veg., Kali bich., Caust., Bary. c, Calc, 
Sulph. 

For symptoms and general treatment, see " The Vade 
Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery." 

Prevention. — The morning bath ; a uniform and 
equable exercise of the voice : the wet compress, and 
the cultivation of the beard. On the two latter we sub- 
join a few remarks. 

Cultivation of the Beard. — The^beard should be 
permitted to grow, as it affords an excellent protection 
to the delicate organs of the voice, in the case of per- 
sons subjected to their undue or irregular exercise. 
After a public address, the tissues in the vicinity of the 
throat become relaxed, and on leaving the place of 
assembly and entering the open air, the unbroken force 
of the atmosphere breaks upon these parts, inducing 
chronic affections of the throat and bronchial tubes, 
while the natural respirator — the fine-flowing beard — 
which our Maker intended to be one of the distinguish- 
ing features of the male sex, unshorn, would have effec- 
tually protected these important parts. Hair planted 
on the human face by the wisdom and goodness of our 
Creator, has its uses, and we may add, its beauties. 
Let the young man, therefore, never become a slave to 
the false and pernicious fashion which compels him to 
shave off the beard, as it is found contributory to the 



Cough. 85 

health, if not to the personal improvement, of those who 
wear it. See also under Chronic Bronchitis. 

v. — cough (Tussis). 

Cough, like hoarseness, is rather a symptom of some 
more general disease, than a disease in itself. It is often 
the forerunner or attendant of some of the most fatal 
diseases of our climate, and should, therefore, never be 
neglected. There are many varieties of cough, but our 
prescriptions are only intended for such as are common 
and uncomplicated. Cases that persist, in spite of one 
or more of the annexed remedies, should be regarded 
as too serious to be treated merely by the aid of books. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — A dry, hard, cough, ac- 
companied with inflammatory symptoms — flushed face, 
headache, thirst, scanty urine, confined bowels, restless- 
ness, etc. 

Ipecacuanha. — Irritating, nervous, and spasmodic 
coughs, attended or followed by vomiting. The chest 
is oppressed by the accumulation of mucus in the air 
vessels, rendering breathing difficult, almost to suffoca- 
tion. 

Belladonna. — Short, dry,, hollow, convulsive cough, 
generally worse at night, in bed, excited by a sensation 
of tickling in the throat, and accompanied by a flushed 
face and headache. 

Dulcamara. — Loose cough from getting wet, with 
much phlegm and oppression at the chest. 

Bryonia. — A hard, dry cough, attended with pain in 
the side, chest, and head ; cough aggravated by passing 
from warm air to cold, or vice versa ; loose cough, with 



86 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing, 

white or yellow expectoration, sometimes streaked with 
blood. 

Hepar sulphur. — Irritating cough, with hoarseness and 
smarting in the throat, excited or aggravated by cold 
to the surface of the body, or exposure to atmospheric 
changes. 

Phosphorus. — Dry cough, excited by tickling in the 
throat ; hoarseness, and pains or soreness in the chest, 
with rusty-colored, bloody, or purulent expectoratipn. 

Chamomtlla. — Coughs of children during teething, 
with wheezing breathing, fretfulness, etc. 

Car bo vegetabilis. — Cough on taking the least cold ; 
obstinate hoarseness or loss of voice. 

Kali bich. — Cough, with gray or yellow expectora- 
tion, preceded by great wheezing, accompanied with 
difficult breathing, and followed by dizziness. 

Sulphur. — Obstinate dry cough, with tightness in the 
chest, and retching; loose cough, with expectoration of 
whitish or yellowish mucus during the day, and dry 
cough at night, attended with headache, spitting of 
blood, etc. 

Dose, etc.— See page 46. 

Beverages. — Gum-water, barley-water, and other 
mucilaginous drinks, or if preferred, simple cold water, 
in small quantities, at frequent intervals ; these are 
highly useful in almost every variety of cough. 

Preventives. — Cold bathing, or sponging the whole 
surface of the body every morning as directed under 
Bathing, pages 32, 33. Clothing adapted to the varying 
conditions of the atmosphere. See Clothing, page 36. 
Exercise, if possible, every day in the open air, beyond 
the boundaries of a town or city. Familiarity with a free 



Hooping- Cough . 8 7 

atmosphere affords a security against excessive sensi- 
bility to variations of the weather. Morning air is the 
best, damp or confined air, or the air of crowded assem- 
blies, should be avoided. 

VI. — HOOPING-COUGH, WHOOPING-COUGH (Pertussis). 

This is an epidemic and contagious disease, usually 
of a mild character in children of healthy constitutions, 
but a distressing and sometimes a fatal malady in the 
delicate or scrofulous. 

Symptoms. — It generally commences as a common 
cold, accompanied by a cough, which returns in fits at 
intervals ; but in about a week the cough recurs at 
shorter intervals, in paroxysms of extreme severity, the 
child turning red or almost black in the face, and ap- 
pears as if choking, during which the lungs are emptied 
of air to the last degree, and then a long, sonorous in- 
spiration, taken to refill them, constitutes the "whoop." 
The attacks recur every two or three hours, or, in severe 
cases, oftener, and sometimes blood escapes from the 
nose, mouth, and even from the ears. The fits pass off 
with the expectoration of a glairy, ropy mucus, and 
sometimes sickness. If dentition is going on, convul- 
sions are not infrequent. Whooping-cough is sometimes 
complicated with measles, small-pox, bronchitis, etc., 
which add to the difficulties of treatment. 

Cause. — A specific poison communicated through 
the atmosphere, the nature of which is at present un- 
known, but which irritates the pneitmogas trie nerve. 

Treatment. — As this disease begins in a common 
cold and cough, the early treatment will be found under 



88 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

these diseases, the prompt adoption of which will often 
prevent its development. The general history and 
symptoms of the patient must be fully considered. 

Ipecacuanha.— -In the early stages of the disease, espe- 
cially after the use of Aeon, or Bell., when there is dry, 
hard cough, which threatens suffocation ; excessive 
vomiting of mucus ; watery or bloody discharges from 
the eyes and nose. A dose every two or three hours. 

Drosera. — In the whooping stage, when the cough is 
loud and hoarse, the paroxysms are frequent and violent, 
causing perspiration and vomiting of food or slimy mu- 
cus. Drosera is generally sufficient in uncomplicated 
whooping-cough ; if there are scrofulous or gastric 
symptoms, other remedies are required. 

Veratrum. — Great exhaustion, cold perspiration, invol- 
untary escape of urine during the cough ; pains in the 
abdomen and groin ; anxious expression. 

Cuprum.— Paroxysms of whooping-cough, causing 
convulsions, rigidity, and almost a suspension of the 
breath, followed by vomiting and extreme prostration. 

Opium. — Stupor, irregular breathing, constipation. A 
few doses are often useful when other remedies do not 
produce the desired change. 

Bryonia or Phosphorus, every three or four hours, 
when the whooping-cough is complicated with diseases 
of the chest. 

Cinct. — Whooping-cough with worm symptoms, — 
picking at the nose, itching at the fundament, irregular 
appetite, dark appearance under the eyes, etc. Cina is 
often used in alternation with Belladonita, especially if 
there are indications of water in the head. 

Accessory Means. — In warm, fine weather, the pa- 



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Spasmodic Croup. 89 

tient may remain in the open air during a portion of 
each day ; exposure to damp and draughts should be 
strictly avoided. Fits of anger should be guarded 
against, as they add to the violence and frequency of 
the paroxysms. Infants must be watched constantly, 
taken up as soon as a fit comes on, and placed in a fa- 
vorable position. In obstinate cases, change of air, if 
only for a. short distance, will prove of great utility. 

Diet. — Light, digestible food, only in moderate 
quantities, avoiding all stimulants. If fever is present, 
animal food may be withheld for a day or two. Toast- 
and-water, barley-water, or gum-water, are grateful and 
soothing. 

VII. SPASMODIC CROUP CHILD-CROWING. 

(Laryngismus Stridulus). 

This affection is distinct from Croup proper, described 
further on, for it is a purely nervous disease, inducing 
spasm of the glottis. It occurs at the youngest age, be- 
fore the end of the first dentition. 

Symptoms. — It comes on suddenly, usually in the 
night, with a spasm of the muscles of the throat, so that 
the child struggles to get his breath, with a choking 
noise, and becomes livid in the lips. It generally oc- 
curs during dentition or irritation in the stomach- and 
bowels. Under proper treatment the attack usually 
soon passes off, but sometimes it is premonitory of dis- 
ease of-the brain. 

Treatment. — Aconitum, in alternation with Spongia, 
should be given every few minutes till improvement 
ensues. 



90 Diseases of the Organs, of Breathing. 

Gelseminum is an excellent remedy when the above 
do not meet the case. 

Administration. — The remedy may be given in drop- 
doses in half a teaspoonful of water every ten minutes 
for three or four times. After the attack is passed, the 
medicine should be given three or four times a day for 
two or three days, to prevent another attack. 

Accessory Means. — Fomentation to the throat, by 
means of a sponge wrung out of hot water ; the warm 
bath ; and the removal of any known exciting caused 

viii.— croup (Angina Trachealis). 

Croup proper is a peculiar inflammation of the mucous 
membrane of the trachea, (wind-pipe), the vessels of 
which exude a fibrinous or albuminous material, which 
concretes and forms a false membrane. It is a serious 
and dangerous disease, as death may occur suddenly 
from convulsions, spasm of the glottis, exhaustion, the 
formation of a coagulum in the heart, or from the mem- 
braneous growth filling up the wind-pipe, and so chok- 
ing the patient. The disease should be placed under 
the care of a professional homoeopath as quickly as 
possible. 

Symptoms.— It begins as a catarrh, with a peculiar 
barking cough, and afterwards, usually at night, the 
symptoms become aggravated, with paroxysms of 
dyspnoea, rapid breathing, quick, wiry pulse, thirst, 
hoarse voice, loud brazen cough, and great distress, the 
child throwing its head back to put the wind-pipe on 
the stretch. The metallic ringing-sound, heard in the 



Croup. 91 

inspiration and cough, has been compared to the crow- 
ing of a young cock, or to the barking of a puppy. The 
disease is often fatal in from two to four days. 

True Croup is less frequent than Laryngismus Stridu- 
lus — Spasmodic Croup (see pages 133-4), and generally 
occurs after the primary dentition to near puberty. 

Causes. — Damp and unhealthy situations ; sudden 
changes of temperature ; wet feet ; poor or scanty food 
or clothing ; previous illness ; etc. One attack predis- 
poses to another. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Great heat, thirst, short 
dry cough, and difficult breathing. In urgent cases, a 
dose every fifteen minutes ; in less urgent, every one or 
two hours. Aconite is often of priceless value in the 
early stage of the disease ; it may be given in alterna- 
tion with one of the following remedies, if indicated. 

Spongia. — If Aconite produce perspiration, but the 
difficult breathing continue, Spongia should be substi- 
tuted, particularly if the breathing be labored, loud, and 
wheezing, and the cough hoarse, hollow, barking, or 
whistling, and worse towards evening, the patient look- 
ing anxious, pale, and as if he would be suffocated. 

Hepar Sulphur. — Loose cough, having the ringing or 
brassy sound peculiar to croup, with a constant rattling 
in the chest, during which the patient tries in vain to 
get relief by expectoration. 

Other remedies are — Pod., Kali Bromidum, K. Bich., 
Br 077i. 

Phos. or Carbo Veg. is very useful in removing the 
hoarseness and cough which often remain after an at- 
tack of Croup. 

Administration. — In severe cases, every fifteen to thirty 



92 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

minutes ; in mild, or during improvement, every four 
or six hours. 

Accessory Means. — A warm bath, and hot-water 
applications to the throat, are highly advantageous. 
The feet should be kept warm, there should be no 
strings or tight articles round the neck, and everthing 
avoided that would be likely to excite or irritate the 
patient. During an attack, as a beverage, water only 
is admissible. In convalescence, milk-and-water, ar- 
rowroot, gruels, beef tea, and, gradually, more sub- 
stantial food. 

IX. DIPHTHERIA. 

It is reasonable to conclude that this disease is not 
very well understood, when we consider how often it 
is fatal, notwithstanding the infallible remedies recom- 
mended in its treatment. The causes of it are obscure ; 
the blood in the first instance is poisoned; then we 
have the general symptoms, as lassitude, fever, sore 
throat, covered with a false membrane, looking like 
wash-leather ; acrid discharge from one nostril ; en- 
larged glands in the neck, offensive breath, sometimes 
delirium, sometimes stupor. The peculiar false mem- 
brane in the throat and the offensive breath are said to 
be characteristic of the disease, though we are also told 
that in some cases the false membrane does not appear, 
and it is equally certain that in some cases the offensive 
breath is not very marked. Though attended with in- 
flammation, it should be borne in mind, that it is a 
disease in which there is great prostration of the vital 
powers, hence means must be used to keep up the 



Diphtheria. 93 

strength of the patient. As regards the treatment, as 
soon as any appearance of cold presents itself give 
Camph. j if the symptoms of a cold are very marked, 
put the patient to bed, and give a teaspoonful of the 
solution every fifteen or twenty minutes, till perspira- 
tion ensues ; after that, less frequently. If the throat 
should show signs of inflammation, give Merc. ditlc. 2d, 
every two hours, and gargle or swab out the throat with 
Camphor solution every hour between. Put a thin slice 
of pork in a thin bandage and tie it about the throat. 
This treatment will usually suffice for the milder 
cases. For those which are more severe, give Merc, 
tod. 1, with the Camphor gargle as before, while the 
fever is high ; and Ars. tod. when the fever begins to 
subside. Where the disease seems to be a combination 
of Croup and Diphtheria, Kali bichrom. is the remedy, 
a dose every hour or two. A small quantity — as much 
as will lie on a five-cent piece — may be put into some 
boiling water, and the child may inhale the fumes ; it 
may be kept boiling near the child, and thus keep the 
atmosphere impregnated with it ; the fumes of Camphor 
are also useful sometimes in these cases. Where the 
false membrane is thrown out, the danger is not passed : 
the strength must be kept up by nourishing food ; un- 
happily, at such times, the stomach often rejects what 
it should retain ; here the Ars. iod. is of use, but the 
other remedies sometimes come into play — these 
must be consulted in the Repertory. Other children 
should be kept apart from the patient as much as pos- 
sible, and a piece of Camphor kept in the mouth, by 
those who must be exposed to the breath of the patient, 



94 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing, 

may prevent infection. — Dr. G. E. Shipman, in " Homoe- 
opathic Guide." 

X. INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS (Pneumonia), AND 

pleurisy ( Plenritis). 

Pneumonia affects one or both lungs, or, in technical 
terms, is single or double. The right lung is more lia- 
ble to attacks than the left, and the lower lobes suffer 
oftener than the upper. In Pleuritis, the inflammation 
affects the pleura or serous membrane investing the 
lungs and lining the cavity of the thorax. These dis- 
eases frequently co-exist, require similar medicines, and 
should be treated, if possible, by a homoeopathic prac- 
titioner. 

Symptoms. — Shivering ; headache ; hard, wiry pulse, 
about ioo in a minute, and other symptoms of fever; 
the breathing is hurried, the patient refuses to take a 
full breath, and breathing is often interrupted by a 
"stitch" or "catch," by a cough which is short and 
painful, by lying on the affected side, and by pressure. 
This is pleurisy. In pneumonia, the skin is burning, 
especially about the ribs and arm-pits ; there is no 
moisture in the nostrils, and the eyes are tearless ; the 
breathing is much more hurried than in pleurisy, but 
there is only pain of a dull aching character; the cough 
is frequent and short, and there is spitting of rusty- 
colored phlegm. 

Causes. — Atmospheric changes, sudden checking of 
the perspiration, mechanical injuries, etc. 

Treatment. — Aeon., Pry., Pell., Ant. tart., Phos. 9 
Am., etc. 



Inflammation of the Lungs. 95 

Aconitum is pre-eminently suitable, either alone or in 
turns with other remedies, whenever inflammatory 
symptoms run high, and the secretory functions are 
suspended. 

Bryonia. — Labored, short, catching, and rapid breath- 
ing ; stinging, shooting, or burning pains in the side, 
aggravated by inspiration ; the cough is painful, dry, or 
with expectoration of glairy sputa ; the patient is weary, 
disposed to retain the recumbent posture, irritable, 
restless, etc. 

Phosphorus.— Pains in the chest of a severe sticking 
character, excited or increased by breathing or cough- 
ing; the breathing is short, the cough dry, or with ex- 
pectoration of a rusty color. 

Antimonium tart. — Greatly oppressed breathing ; 
cough attended with much rattling of mucus; nausea; 
profuse expectoration ; violent throbbings of the heart, 
and a feeling of suffocation. 

Arsenicum. — Tedious cases, with extreme prostration 
of strength^ and painfully oppressed breathing. 

Sulphur. — When the prominent symptoms have yield- 
ed to Bry. or other remedies. 

General Treatment. — See "Accessory Measures 
in Fevers," pages 56-61. External applications of 
heat — hot flannels, linseed-meal poultices, etc. — afford 
much relief. Bleeding in every form must be avoided. 

XI. SPASMODIC ASTHMA. 

Symptoms. — As designated, this is a spasmodic dis- 
ease, recurring in paroxysms, characterized by great 
difficulty of breathing, a feeling of tightness across the 



g6 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

chest, wheezing cough, and discharge of phlegm. The 
air-tubes of the lungs are encircled by minute bands of 
muscular structure, which, like other muscular fibres, 
may be affected with spasms. These spasms contract 
the air-tubes, and the difficulty of breathing, and the 
wheezing respiration are caused by the air being forced 
through the narrowed channels. An attack often comes 
on suddenly at night or towards morning, attended with 
a distressing sense of suffocation, the patient springing 
up, or even flying to an opened window, wheezing 
loudly, till after an uncertain time, perhaps an hour, it 
passes off with expectoration of mucus. 

Causes. — Atmospheric changes ; smoke, dust, gases, 
metallic and other particles floating in the air ; certain 
odors, as of hay, ipecacuanha, or vapor of sulphur ; ir- 
regularities of diet, especially heavy suppers ; and he- 
reditary influence. It is not peculiar to any age, chil- 
dren as well as adults being liable to it. 

Treatment. — Ipecacuanha. — A feeling of tightness 
of the chest ; panting and rattling as if the wind-pipe 
were full of phlegm ; coldness, paleness, anxiety, and 
sickness. During an attack, a dose every ten or fifteen 
minutes ; afterwards, every three or four hours. 

Arsenicum. — Short, anxious, and wheezing breathing, 
aggravated at night by lying down, and upon the least 
movement; with attacks of suffocation, spasmodic con- 
striction of the chest, and pale, sunken, or bluish face. 
It is especially required in asthma from suppressed erup- 
tions, and in feeble and impoverished constitutions. 

Veratrum. — Violent paroxysms, with cold perspira- 
tions, and extreme prostration. 

Nux vomica. — Suitable for robust persons, and for 



Bronchitis. 97 

attacks occurring about three or four o'clock in the 
morning, or after a heavy meal, or for patients of too 
studious habits, or addicted to stimulants. 

Aconitum. — Often very useful during a paroxysm, 
with tumultuous action of the heart, oppressive anxiety, 
labored breathing, etc. 

Sulphur. — Chronic Asthma, apparently connected 
with some constitutional taint, and after the unsuccessful 
use of other remedies. 

In obstinate cases other remedies are necessary. 

Accessory Means. — The diet should be strictly 
moderate, simple, and digestible, as disorders of the 
stomach often occasion an attack. Suppers are espe- 
cially to be avoided. In some cases the food should 
be weighed, the meal-hours fixed, and strictly adhered 
to. Cold sponging in the morning, with frictions ; 
moderate and agreeable exercise in the open air; and 
a strict avoidance of the usual exciting causes are here 
to be observed. The atmosphere best suited to the 
patient depends entirely upon idiosyncracy, as some 
can only breathe a mountain air, and others only in the 
fogs of London. 

XII. BRONCHITIS. 

Bronchitis is inflammation of the mucous lining of the 
bronchial tubes, and is a diffused disease, extending more 
or less through both lungs, thus differing from cold or 
catarrh, which only affects the lining membrane of the 
nose and throat. Patients often describe it as " a cold 
in the chest." It most frequently occurs in old persons, 
though it sometimes affects children. 



98 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

Symptoms. — The disease begins with febrile symp- 
toms, headache, lassitude, and anxiety ; these are soon 
attended with a feeling of tightness or constriction in 
the chest, especially the front portion; oppressed, hur- 
ried, anxious breathing, with wheezing or whistling 
sounds; severe cough, at first dry, then with viscid and 
frothy expectoration, and sometimes streaked with 
blood, subsequently becoming thick, yellowish, and 
purulent. The pulse is frequent, often weak ; the urine 
scanty and high-colored ; the tongue foul ; there are 
throbbing pains in the forehead, and aching pains in 
the eyes, aggravated by the cough, with other symp- 
toms of fever. The usual cause of death in bronchitis 
is the complete obstruction of the bronchial tubes with 
adhesive mucus resembling that expectorated during 
life. The unfavorable symptoms are cold perspirations 
covering the skin : pale and livid cheeks and lips ; cold 
extremities ; extreme prostration ; rattling, and a sense 
of suffocation in the throat ; and complete insensibility, 
ending in death. In favorable cases, however, the dis- 
ease begins to decline between the fourth and eighth 
day, and under suitable treatment, soon disappears, or 
assumes the chronic form. 

Causes. — Exposure to cold draughts of air, to keen 
and cutting winds, sudden changes of temperature, in- 
sufficient clothing, inhalations of dust, or other irrita- 
tive substances. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — A rapid and full pulse, 
hot skin, frontal headache, palpitation of the heart, 
dizziness, constipation, and other febrile symptoms. A 
dose every one or two hours till improvement takes 
place. 



Bronchitis. 99 

Kali bich. — This remedy has great power in Bronchi- 
tis, especially when chronic, with accumulations of tena- 
cious, stringy mucus, difficult to expectorate ; cough, 
and dyspnoea. 

Ant. tart. — Valuable in . the second stage, especially 
in the aged, when there is a copious accumulation of 
mucus, and the expulsive efforts are feeble, with parox- 
ysms of cough, wheezing, dyspnoea, palpitation, etc. 

Bryonia. — Heat, soreness, and pain behind the ster- 
num (breast-bo?ie), and an irritative cough, with scanty, 
sometimes blood-streaked, expectoration. It is most 
useful when the large air-tubes are involved, and less 
so when the inflammation extends to the smaller; but 
in diffused bronchitis, Bry. is inferior to Ant. tart. Bry- 
onia is very useful in the acute attacks of children, with 
suffocative cough, rapid difficult breathing, great agita- 
tion, and anxiety. Consider, also, B/ios. 

Additional Remedies. — /pec, Arsen., Bell., Carbo 
veg., Mercurius, Spong., and Sulph. 

For dose, etc., see page 46. 

Diet. — During an attack, gum-water, barley gruel, 
jelly, etc. Cold water, or toast-water, is the most appro- 
priate drink. In elderly or feeble patients exhaustion 
is liable to come on, requiring nutritions support, and, 
perhaps, stimulants. 

Accessory Measures. — The patient should be kept 
in a warm atmosphere (65 to 70 degrees), which should 
be moistened by steam or evaporation of water. Ven- 
tilation of the apartment, however, should not be neg- 
lected. Hot linseed-meal poultices applied to the eldest 
are beneficial, as they relieve congestion. 



ioo Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

XIII. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 

This form of bronchitis is common in advanced life. 
The milder varieties are indicated only by habitual 
cough, shortness of breath, and copious expectoration. 
Many cases of winter cough in old people are examples 
of bronchial inflammation of a low, protracted character. 

Treatment. — Kali bich., Carbo veg., Bry., Arsen., 
Phos., Hep. sulph., Ipec, Lye, Calc, and Sulph. \ See 
" Bronchitis,'* and the " Materia Medical 

Preventive Means. — The first and most important 
is cold bathing in the morning, that particular form of 
bath being adopted which is found most useful or con- 
venient. (See Bathing, page 32.) Another preventive 
is the Beard, which protects the respiratory passages 
against the effect of sudden changes of temperature. 
We may regard the beard as a kind of natural respirator, 
the shaving off of which is a frequent cause of acute 
and chronic bronchitis. Can we doubt the wisdom and 
beneficence of the Creator in giving this ornament to 
the male sex, which is so frequently exposed to atmos- 
pheric vicissitudes, and withholding it from the female, 
who, as the keeper -at-home, requires no such appendage ? 
Hair is an imperfect conductor of heat, and placed 
round the entrance to the lungs, acts like a blanket, 
which is used for warmth in cold weather, or to prevent 
the dissolving of ice in hot weather. In many instances, 
the beard would protect lawyers, clergymen, and other 
public speakers, as also singers, from the injurious ef- 
fects of rapid variations of the atmosphere, from which 
professional men so often suffer. It has been observed 
that the Jews, and other people who wear the beard, 



Scrofulous Consumption. 101 

rarely suffer from bronchitis, or analogous disorders ; 
and so may be considered as examples of the utility of 
the beard. 



XIV. — PHTHISIS PULMONALIS SCROFULOUS CON- 
SUMPTION. 

Phthisis (from thio to consume) is a disease of the 
constitution, in which there are deposited in the lungs 
certain morbid bodies called tubercles, and in which the 
processes of suppuration and ulceration are set up for 
their discharge. Although no period of life is exempt, 
phthisis is most frequent in the course of youth, espe- 
cially from the 18th to the 22nd year, and, of all the 
diseases that claim our attention, is the one that has 
proved most destructive of human life. When once 
fully developed it is generally supposed to be incurable ; 
but in the early stages of the disease, while the tuber- 
cles are yet small and but slightly irritated, our pre- 
ventive and remedial measures may be brought to bear 
with much hope of success. 

Symptoms. — The early symptoms of consumption are 
obscure, and consist chiefly of cough ; shortness of 
breath on moderate exertion ; wandering, irregular 
pains, and constriction about the chest ; excessive sen- 
sitiveness of the lungs to cold air ; impaired digestion; 
debility and loss of flesh without any assignable cause ; 
haemoptysis ; flushing of the cheeks, and quickening of 
the pulse in the evening, followed by disturbed sleep, 
and early morning perspirations. 

Spitting or coughing up of blood generally takes 
place, and often gives the first intimation of the real 



io2 Diseases oj the Organs of Breathing. 

nature of the malady, and its occurrence before or soon 
after the setting in of a cough, always indicates great 
danger. As the disease advances, breathing becomes 
very distressing, the sputa more purulent ; and exhaus- 
tion and emaciation, from impairment of the digestive 
functions, are most confirmed and progressive symp- 
toms. Other organs often become implicated, especially 
the intestinal canal, in which a deposit of tubercles 
takes place, producing diarrhoea. From thickening or 
ulceration of the respiratory mucous membrane, huski- 
ness or loss of voice is produced. The skin covering 
the parts on which the patient lies is apt to become sore 
and inflamed, and even to perish from the pressure of 
the attenuated body. Aphthx of the mouth, pharynx, 
etc., or oedema of the feet, ankles, and even legs, ensue, 
and the long and weary struggle is at last terminated 
by the gentle approach of death. 

The physical signs yielded by auscultation and percus- 
sion tend to remove that uncertainty which formerly 
prevailed on the subject ; but as these signs can only 
be appreciated and interpreted by a medical man, they 
are not further referred to in a domestic work. All 
doubtful cases should be early submitted to professional 
Homoeopathic treatment. 

Causes. — Tubercular phthisis is generally hereditary, 
but it may arise in early life from an enfeebled condi- 
tion of the system induced by a confined and impure 
atmosphere, unhealthy or too long prolonged occupa- 
tions, innutritious food, anxiety, etc., to which a he- 
reditary predisposition and the scrofulous constitution 
powerfully contribute. 

Treatment. — Where tubercles exist in the lungs, 



Scrofulous Consumption. 103 

either in a latent or partially-developed state, we strongly 
recommend the following measures : 

1 st. Highly nutritious and easily ^digestible food. The 
diet should be nourishing, digestible, and sufficiently 
abundant, including animal food once or twice daily, or 
occasionally fish, stale home-made bread, farinaceous 
puddings, green vegetables, mealy potatoes, milk, light- 
ly-boiled eggs, etc. Condiments, pastry, and all articles 
of food that occasion nausea, eructations, or other 
symptoms of indigestion, are to be avoided. The diet 
may include Cod-liver oil, in small quantities, except 
during active febrile symptoms, when it is inadmissible. 
The continued use of oil, judiciously given, controls the 
expectoration and night-sweats, soothes the cough, and 
checks emaciation. 

2nd. Daily exercise in the open air, employed in such 
a manner as to bring all the muscles, especially those 
of the chest and upper extremities, into moderate and 
agreeable action, and with the body in an erect posture, 
as in walking. Riding on horseback is also favorable, 
as affording a large amount of fresh air, the exercise not 
exciting great difficulty of breathing. In unfavorable 
weather, some of the well-contrived apparatus for arm 
and back exercise, especially that of the cross-bar, 
should be used in the house with open windows. 

3rd. Bathing, followed by vigorous friction, is an im- 
portant measure, and except in confirmed consumption, 
is generally beneficial. The water may be applied in 
the form of baths, sponging, or wet sheets, and may 
even include sea-bathing. Weak children and delicate 
patients may use tepid water, and gradually reduce the 
temperature. When admissible, the best plan is rapidly 



104 Diseases of the Organs of Breathing. 

to plunge a child in water, which obviates the exposure 
consequent on sponging, and insures a quick and com- 
plete reaction. A healthy action of the skin will thus 
be promoted, and the general circulution equalized. 
Cold bathing is injurious when the surface is rendered 
cold and pale, and the patient is left languid and de- 
jected. In such a case warm salt-baths should be first 
used. 

4th. Residence in a moderately -warm climate. Warm 
air soothes the trachea and bronchial tubes, and the 
external warmth tends to keep the blood to the surface 
of the body, and so obviates congestion of the lungs ; 
and further, the warm air being rarified, less oxygen is 
inspired, and less carbonic acid given off, so that less 
vigorous breathing is required ; and, also, the liver in 
the warmer climates seems to take on some of the offices 
of the lungs. The climate, however, must be dry, as 
damp is prejudicial. The writer is strongly convinced 
that entire change of climate, if adopted before the dis- 
ease has produced irreparable changes in the lungs, is 
the most effective and permanent remedy. 

5th. Lastly, all excesses are to be avoided, whether in 
the pleasures of the table, wine or liquors, business, in- 
tellectual pursuits, or in the gratification of any passion 
which overstimulates and fatigues mind and body. 

By the early and persevering adoption of these sug- 
gestions, and the administration of appropriate Homoe- 
opathic remedies, much might be done towards the 
prevention of consumption, as well as the restoration to 
comparative health of tuberculous persons. 

We have often administered our remedies with marked 
and permanent benefit to consumptive patients, but do 



Scrofulous Consumption, 105 

not prescribe any of them here, as the treatment of con- 
sumption should always be conducted by a physician. 
Experience in the treatment of a large number of pri- 
vate and dispensary patients enables us to encourage 
hope even in grave and complicated cases. In the early 
stages of the disease, a cure can often be effected ; even 
when considerably advanced, life may be prolonged for 
many years ; and in the last stages of the disease, the 
patient's sufferings may be mitigated to a marked degree.* 

* For the pathology, symptoms, signs, causes, and medical, gen- 
eral, and preventive treatment of phthisis, see " On Consumption, 
with Special Reference to its Preventive Treatment," by the Author. 



CHAPTER IV. 
DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF DICESTION* 



I.— -indigestion (Dyspepsia). 

Digestion is the process which food undergoes in the 
stomach, and other organs, for the formation of chyle, a 
milk-like liquor, from which blood is formed for repair- 
ing the continued waste of the animal body ; this pro- 
cess goes on in health easily, quickly, and completely. 
Indigestion is a disease in which there is a deviation 
from this healthy function in one or more of the quali- 
ties just named — it maybe painful, slow, or incomplete. 

Symptoms. — Impaired appetite ; flatulence ; nausea 
and eructations, which often bring up bitter or acid 
fluids ; furred tongue, and offensive breath, especially 
in the morning ; confined or relaxed bowels ; heartburn ; 
pain, weight, and inconvenience or fullness after a meal ; 
headache ; palpitations, and other symptoms. 

Causes. — Excessive eating ; too short an interval 
between meals ; irregularities in diet ; food of a heavy, 
indigestible, fat, sour, flatulent, or bad quality ; eating 
too quickly ; imperfect mastication ; warm and relaxing 
drinks ; the use of spirituous liquors, tobacco, or the 
excessive use of tea or coffee ; purgative drugs ; too 
little out-of-door exercise ; excessive bodily or mental 
exertion ; late hou*s ; exposure to cold and damp, etc. 



Indigestion. 



107 



Business, or family cares and anxieties, are also frequent 
causes of dyspepsia. " The battle of life " is too often 
fought with almost overwhelming anxieties and disap- 
pointments, or with much mental and bodily wear and 
tear, and the digestive organs are often the first to suffer* 

Treatment. — The use of medicines and the observ- 
ance of such rules and habits as are suggested a little 
further on, must ever go hand-in-hand ; for the former, 
however carefully selected, will alone be unavailing in 
the end. 

Nnx vomica. — Distension, tenderness, and fullness 
of the stomach after meals ; heartburn, sour acid risings ; 
flatulence ; hiccough ; frequent vomiting of food and 
bile ; sour or bitter taste in the mouth ; the head is con- 
fused, as after intoxication ; the patient feels indolent 
and sleepy after a meal, and unfitted for mental or phy- 
sical exertion ; the complexion is sallow ; and there may 
be frequent but ineffectual urging to stool. Nnx is par- 
ticularly indicated in too studious or anxious persons, 
of a dark or bilious complexion, who take too little 
open-air exercise, eat too much, or drink alcoholic 
liquors. A tendency to piles is a further indication for 
this remedy, as also for Sulphur, which may often ad- 
vantageously follow it. 

Pulsatilla. — Disposition to mucous derangements ; 
heartburn, with acid, bitter, or putrid taste in the mouth ; 
thickly-coated tongue, with a whitish fur ; nausea ; fre- 
quent mucous evacuations, with little pain, and chiefly 
at night ; indigestion, from greasy or flatulent food. As 
a rule, Puis, is best suited to women, or to persons of a 
mild and timid disposition. 

Bryonia. — Aversion to food and craving for stimulants; 



io8 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

waterbrash or eructations after eating ; pressure and a 
sensation as of a stone in the stomach; colicky pains; 
stitch-like pains, extending from the pit of the stomach 
to the shoulder-blade bones ; torpor of the bowels ; 
irritable disposition. 

Ant. crud. — The mucous membranes are loaded with 
mucus, causing slow digestion with fermentation ; 
nausea, or vomiting of mucus or bile ; foul eructations, or 
tasting of the food ; escape of flatulence of a foetid odor, 
soon reproduced ; alternate constipation and diarrhoea ; 
hawking, and expectoration of phlegm; milky-white, 
thickly-coated tongue ; irritability of the bladder, with 
mucous deposit. A further indication for this remedy 
is a concurrent affection of the skin — pimples on the face, 
sores on the lips or nostrils, pustular eruptions, chil- 
blains, etc. 

Kali bich. — Slow digestion.; thickly-coated, yellowish 
tongue ; bitter taste, nausea, and sour eructations. It 
is specially curative when the digestive and mucous 
membrane are simultaneously involved (Hughes). 

China. — Indigestion from exhausting discharges, or 
residence in an aguish district, with a feeling of sinking, 
relieved by food, but soon returning; or simple, gen- 
erally painless, diarrhoea, leaving the patient exhausted. 

Ipecacuanha. — Simple retching and vomiting from 
gastric disturbance, without inflammation of the stomach 
or any grave affection of the mucous membrane. 

Hepar sulp hurts. — Chronic indigestion ; nearly all 
kinds of food disagree ; also if Mercury has been used 
in excess. 

Sulphur. — As intercurrent remedy, when only partial 
relief has followed the use of other remedies ; also in 



Indigestion, 109 

chronic cases. It is more particularly required in indi- 
gestion following or associated with eruptions, piles, 
constipation, etc. 

Dose and administration. — See page 46. 

Accessory Measures.* — Dyspeptic patients must 
correct all improper habits, pay strict attention to the 
quality and quantity of food, and the hours at which it 
is taken. Directions for particular cases cannct be 
given, as what agrees with one is often injurious to an- 
other, the rule being to select such food as is found 
easy of digestion. The following habits have been 
pointed out as requiring correction : Eating too much 
at one time ; eating too seldom or too often ; too great 
a variety of food at the same meal ; imperfectly chewing 
the food ; the too hasty resuming of bodily or mental 
occupations after a meal ; sedentary habits ; neglect of 
personal cleanliness ; habits of drinking, smoking, or 
chewing tobacco, and opium-eating ; the excessive use 
of tea and coffee, and eating unripe fruits and vegeta- 
bles. It is especially necessary that the dyspeptic's 
stomach should never be overloaded. 

If possible, the meals should be taken regularly and 
with cheerful companions, avoiding reading and study, 
and dismissing business anxieties from the mind, which 
should then be free from all injurious tension. Persons 
much occupied should not eat full meals during the 
hours of toil ; a light repast is best in the middle of the 
day, making the principal meal at six or seven in the 
evening, when the work of the day is finished. Heavy 
meals in the hours of physical labor, without sufficient 

* The use of Galvanism is often of great benefit. 



no Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

rest, is almost certain, eventually, to lead to indigestion.* 
In the list of articles to be avoided by the dyspeptic, 
we particularly notice the following : hard, dried meats ; 
veal, pork, sausages, salmon, lobsters, crabs, cheese, 
pastry, flavored soups, new-baked bread, too much tea 
or coffee, or any liquid, and all substances known to 
disagree. As a rule, which possibly may admit of some 
exceptions, malt liquors, wines, and spirits, are injurious. 
Feather beds, and too much sleep, should be avoided ; 
the patient should retire early and rise early ; bathe or 
sponge the body every morning with cold water, and 
take moderate exercise daily in the open air. Further, 
a generally cheerful and tranquil state of mind is 
necessary. 

In addition to Cocoa for the morning, and tea for the 
afternoon meal, the moderate use of pure water is al- 
most the only fluid required in health. This liquid, so 
often despised, and even considered by many as preju- 
dicial, is one of the best means for preventing or curing 
indigestion. Too much cold water, however, should 
not be taken at meal-times. 

II. — VOMITING. 

Causes. — Indigestion, of which vomiting is often a 
prominent symptom ; too much or improper food ; 
pregnancyf ; disease of the brain or derangement of 
the nervous system; cancer of the stomach; obstruc- 
tion of the intestines ; most of the eruptive fevers, etc. 

* Some severe cases find their only relief in the use of u carbon 
crackers." 

f For the treatment of " Morning Sickness " in pregnancy, see 
" The Lady's Homoeopathic Manual." 



Vomiting. 1 1 1 

Prognosis. — Nausea and vomiting occurring in dis- 
eases of the brain, or in epilepsy, are unfavorable indi- 
cations; in pregnancy, or hysteria, they are merely 
symptomatic of irritation conveyed by the nervous sys- 
tem to the stomach. If vomiting afford relief, it is a 
favorable indication, but if the symptoms preceding 
sickness are not relieved by it, but increase, the disease 
must be regarded as serious. 

Treatment. — This must be regulated according to 
the cause which produces it. 

Ipecacuanha.— Simple copious vomiting, with extreme 
nausea. 

Ant. crud. — Nausea, thickly-furred white tongue, 
eructations, loss of appetite, etc. 

Nux vomica. — Vomiting with dryness of the mouth, 
disturbed sleep, and constipation. It is especially indi- 
cated when vomiting follows the use of strong drink, 
indulgence at table, or late or irregular hours. 

Arsenicum. — Vomiting, with burni?ig in the stomach 
and throat, great weakness, purging, and coldness of the 
hands and feet. It is indicated in malignant or can- 
cerous disease of the stomach. 

Pulsatilla. — Vomiting from fat food, or eating too 
freely, with dizziness, looseness of the bowels, and when 
the smallest quantity of food brings it on. 

Arnica. — Vomiting from a fall or injury. 

Dose and administration. — See page 46. 

Accessory Means. — In violent vomiting and long- 
continued retching, small pieces of ice are grateful and 
soothing. Liebig's extract of beef-tea, in small quanti- 
ties, till ordinary food can be taken. 



ii2 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

in.— -sea-sickness ( Nausea Marina). 

Symptoms. — These need not be described, as they 
are so well known to persons embarking for the first 
time, especially during the early part of the voyage, and 
when stormy weather prevails. 

Cause. — The motion of the vessel. The seat of the 
affection is in the brain, with which the stomach is in 
close sympathy. Persons of delicate nervous organiza- 
tion are subject to similar derangement from the oscil- 
lations of a carriage, or the movements of a swing. 

Treatment. — Nux vomica. — The complaint may be 
prevented or modified by taking this remedy thrice 
daily, for several days previous to embarkation. It is 
useful also after the sickness is over, and may be alter- 
nated with Arnica if the muscles have been severely 
strained and feel sore. 

Arsenicum. — Severe and prolonged sea-sickness with 
great weakness. 

Cot 'cuius ', Veratrum, and Petroleum, are also recom- 
mended. Petroleum is the best curative agent in our 
experience. 

For convenience, and to prevent injury to the general 
stock of medicines, those likely to be required for sea- 
sickness should be procured in a separate case. 

Accessory Means. — For a week before embarking, 
indigestible food, overloading the stomach, and other 
irregularities, should be avoided. During the early 
part of the voyage, unless the weather be very unfavor- 
able, the traveler should remain on deck as much as 
possible, in a recumbent posture, and avoid looking at 
the motion of the waves. 



Colic. 113 

iv. — colic ( Enteralgia). 

Symptoms. — Common colic is characterized by se- 
vere twisting, griping, tearing pain round the navel, 
recurring in paroxysms, but relieved by pressure, so 
that the patient lies on his belly, pressing his abdomen 
with his hands, writhing in agony. There is a frequent 
desire to relieve the bowels, but often nothing passes 
except a little flatus. Febrile symptoms, as in inflam- 
mation of the intestines (enteritis), are absent, and the 
pulse is not quickened, unless it becomes so from anxie- 
ty. The symptoms abate when vomiting, eructation, or 
a discharge from the bowels takes place. 

Causes. — Cold ; a mass of heterogenous, acrid, indi- 
gestible food ; worms, constipation. A condition re- 
sembling colic may also arise from stricture of the in- 
testines (intussusception). Painter s colic arises from 
the poison of lead. 

Treatment. — The chief remedies are Coloc, Nux 
vom., Bry., Cham., and Verat. 

Colocynth. — Violent pains, compared to stabbing, cut- 
ting, clawing, or pinching, with diarrhoea. 

Nux vomica. — Colic from indigestible food, suppressed 
period, or during pregnancy, with severe, contracting 
pains, ineffectual efforts to relieve the bowels, or alter- 
nate constipation and relaxation. 

Chamomilla. — Cutting, tearing, and pinching pains ; 
bilious or windy colic ; watery, slimy, yellow or green- 
ish diarrhoea, particularly in children. 

Admijzist ration and dose. — See page 46. 

Accessory Means. — An injection of a pint of tepid 
water often gives immediate relief. ^jiplirH*?r;ns of heat 



ii4 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, 

to the abdomen, or a warm bath, are also useful meas- 
ures. Persons subject to colic should avoid food of a 
flatulent character, wear flannel round the abdomen, 
and keep the feet dry. 

V.- — BILIOUSNESS. 

What are popularly called " Bilious attacks," and 
supposed to be due to derangements of the liver, are 
almost invariably symptoms arising from, and comrrion 
to, Indigestion, such as furred tongue, vomiting of bile, 
giddiness, sick headache, etc. One of the following 
remedies, according to the particular symptoms, with a 
restricted, simple diet for the following twenty-four 
hours, and cold water ad libitum, will usually complete 
the cure : Nux vom., Pod., Puis., Iris., Kali bich., Ipec> 
Bjj., Merc., Verat., or Ars, The whole section on 
" Indigestion " should be consulted. 

[''Biliousness," being much more common in America, and par- 
ticularly li at the West," we give more space to the subject by add- 
ing the following from " Practical Homoeopathy," by Dr. J. S. 
Douglas. — Amer. Editor.] 

Biliousness. — This is not a scientific term, but one 
which most persons understand. One feels languid, 
dull, sleepy, especially after dinner ; he gets easily tired, 
his appetite is impaired ; often there is a dull headache 
and tendency to constipation, and the complexion loses 
its freshness, and becomes of a dull or dirty appear- 
ance. People generally understand that these are bilious 
symptoms. They are not unfrequently the precursors 
of bilious fever, or jaundice. Podophyl. is generally the 
only necessary remedy ; a single dose will often remove 
all these unpleasant feelings in a few days. If not, con- 
tinue it three times a day. If there is a tendency to 



Jaundice. 115 

chilliness or an inactive state of the bowels after a day, 
take Nux at night and Podophyl. in the morning. This 
course for a short time will save a fit of sickness and a 
doctor's bill. 



VI.— HEARTBURN, FLATULENCE, ETC. 

These are only different symptoms of Indigestion, and 
their treatment may be gathered from the article on that 
subject. 

vii. — jaundice (Icterus). 

Symptoms. — Yellow tinge of the skin and whites of 
the eyes ; high-colored urine, staining the linen yellow ; 
light or clay-like stools, constipation, but sometimes, 
especially in children, diarrhoea ; bitter taste in the 
mouth ; slow pulse ; dejection of spirits ; and, often, 
febrile symptoms. 

When there is an obstruction from a gall-stone, the 
sufferings are most acute ; the pains come on in parox- 
ysms, often with vomiting and hiccough. 

Causes. — Arrested secretion of bile, and its accumu- 
lation in the blood ; or obstructed elimination, so that 
it again enters the circulation. The condition may be 
due to atmospheric changes, the impaction of a gall- 
stone, unrestrained fits of passion, etc., or, most fre- 
quently, to dietetic transgressions, dissipation, etc. 

Treatment. — Mercurius. — This is a valuable reme- 
dy, especially after the inflammatory symptoms have 
been modified by Aeon, or Bell. A dose every three 
hours. 

China. — This remedy is chosen in preference to the 



1 1 6 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, 

former if the patient has been mistreated with large 
doses of Mercury, 

Chamomilla. — Jaundice in passionate or fretful pa- 
tients, especially children. 

Nux vomica, — Jaundice attended with costiveness, 
sensitiveness in the region of the liver, and connected 
with sedentary habits or indulgence in spirituous liquors. 

Other remedies are often necessary, but domestic 
treatment should never be trusted to when professional 
can be obtained. 

Accessory Means.— Cold water, to appease thirst ; 
Liebig's Extract of Meat ; toasted bread, scalded with 
hot sweetened water and a little sugar ; roasted apples. 
Spongio-piiine, or flannel, wrung oat of hot water, re- 
lieves pain. See under " Chronic Inflammation of the 
Liver" 

VIII. INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER (Hepatitis). 

Symptoms.— An acute attack sets in with rigors, fol- 
lowed by other symptoms of fever, as hot, dry skin, 
thirst, headache, constipation, and often cough. There 
are pain and tenderness of the right side, the pain ex- 
tending to the top of the right shoulder, and sometimes 
down the arm, and is aggravated by taking breath ; the 
breathing is short, thick, and thoracic ; and there is 
sickness, with some degree of jaundice. 

Causes. — Acute inflammation of the liver is most 
frequent in India, from the climate and diet not suiting 
European constitutions ; in this country, it arises from 
cold, and is then seated in the serous peritoneal cover- 
ing, and resembles pleuritis. Dram-drinking often leads 



Liver Complaint. 117 

to a hard, contracted condition of the liver, called Cir- 
rhosis, which leads to dropsy. 

Treatment. — Aconitmn. — Feverish symptoms, dis- 
tress, restlessness, inflamed, yellow-colored tongue, and 
severe pains. A dose every two or three hours. In se- 
vere cases, the strong tincture of the root may be used. 

Mercurius. — Yellow tinge of the whites of the eyes 
(conjunctiva) ; sallow skin ; yellowish coating of the 
tongue, and foul taste. 

Bryonia. — Shooting or stinging pains, obstinate con- 
stipation, especially after Aeon. 

JVux vo?nica. — Hepatitis from intoxicating drinks, 
excessive or stimulating food, or too little out-of-door 
exercise. 

Arsenicum. — Extreme cases, with great weakness, in- 
tense pain, vomiting of bile, and exhausting diarrhoea. 

General Treatment. — See " Accessory Measures 
iri Fevers," page 56. 

IX. — chronic inflammation of the liver — LIVER 

COMPLAINT. 

Symptoms. — Languor, depression, and often a kind 
of dread of some impending evil. The liver itself may 
be enlarged or dimished in size, and there is sallowness 
of complexion, and often emaciation. 

Causes. — Intemperance ; too little out-of-door exer- 
cise ; misfortune ; mercurial preparations, such as calo- 
mel and the blue pill. 

Treatment. — Similar remedies to those prescribed 
in the preceding section. 

Accessory Means. — Water will be found a valuable 



n8 Diseases of the Organs oj Digestion. 

auxiliary, Cold sponging or bathing, with vigorous fric- 
tion immediately afterwards, is highly recommended. 
The patient should shun stimulants, live regularly, and 
avoid rich food, pastry, spices, coffee, etc. Two hours 
at least out of every twenty-four, should be spent in 
out-of-door exercise, such as walking, gardening, or on 
horseback. If these suggestions are early carried out, 
before the disease has led to the disorganization of the 
gland, a cure may be expected, and earthly existence 
rescued from the disabilities and sufferings inseparable 
from disease. 

X. DIARRHOEA LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS PURGING. 

Common diarrhoea is a functional disorder, consisting 
of frequent liquid faecal evacuations, without inflamma- 
tion of the intestines, 

Causes. — Unusual, excessive, acrid, or indigestible 
food, especially unripe or decaying raw fruits; pork, 
veal, etc. ; putrid or diseased animal food ; atmospheric 
influences ; mental emotions, etc. 

Diarrhoea is often a symptom of other diseases, as 
hectic and phthisis, when it is called colliquative diar- 
rhoea, because it appears to melt down the substance of 
the body ; the diarrhoea of typhoid fever; bilious diar- 
rhoea, from excessive flow of bile, as in hot weather, or 
after passing a gall-stone ; and serous diarrhoea, with 
watery discharge. Looseness of the bowels is also a 
very common precursor of cholera, when that disease 
is epidemic. 

When diarrhoea arises from indigestion or dissipation, 
it may be regarded as an effort of nature to expel sub- 



Purging. 1 1 9 

stances which might otherwise give rise to more serious 
disturbance. 

Treatment — Camph., Ant. crud., Puis., Chin., Cham., 
Ipec, Ve?'at., and Ars. are the chief remedies. 

Camphor. — In sudden and recent cases, with chilliness, 
shivering, cold creepi?ig of the skin, severe pain in the 
stomach and bowels, cold face and hands, or cramps in 
the legs or stomach. Two drops on a small piece of loaf 
sugar, repeated every twenty or thirty minutes, for three 
or four times. • 

Ant. crud. — Watery diarrhcea,with white furred tongue, 
disordered stomach, nausea, and eructations. 

Pulsatilla. — Mucous diarrhoea, occurring chiefly at 
night, with little pain ; the tongue is coated with a 
whitish fur ; the taste is diminished or altered, and there 
are generally nausea, foul or acrid eructations, etc. Puis. 
is curative in diarrhoea from eating fat or rich food. 

China. — In simple summer diarrhoea, this remedy is 
very efficacious. 

Mercurius. — Diarrhoea with clay-colored or green 
stools. 

Dulcamara. — Catarrhal diarrhoea, watery or yellowish, 
with little or no pain ; traceable to damp, particularly 
in the summer and autumn. 

Chamomilla. — Watery, bilious, or slimy stools of a 
yellowish, whitish, or greenish color, or resembling un- 
digested food, particitlarly during teething. Pinching 
pains, sour breath, and fretfulness, are additional indi- 
cations. 

Veratrum. — Choleraic diarrhoea, with copious watery 
discharges, occurring in gushes, and accompanied with 
severe vomiting, debility, etc. ; involuntary diarrhoea. 



120 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, 

Arseiticum — Diarrhoea accompanied or ushered in by 
vomiting, with great heat of the stomach, ascending to 
the throat, resembling heartburn ; a burning sensation 
attending the discharge of the faeces ; coldness of the 
body, pallid and sunken face, and great prostration. It 
is chiefly suited to chronic diarrhoea, with symptoms 
indicating organic disease. 

Administration. — A dose every one, two, or three 
hours, according to the violence of the symptoms, or 
after every movement of the bowels, until relieved. 

Accessory Means. — Rest in the recumbent posture ; 
the extremities kept warm ; sudden changes of tempe- 
rature avoided. Individuals subject to diarrhoea on 
slight causes, and having a feeling of coldness about the 
body, should wear a flannel roller round the abdomen. 
Night air and late hours predispose to attacks. Except 
in severe cases, moderate out-of-door exercise should 
be taken daily. Mental excitement and physical ex- 
cesses of every kind should be avoided. 

Diet.— Food should be given cool and sparingly, 
consisting of light non-irritating substances— sago, 
tapioca, milk, arrow-root, baked rice-puddings, white- 
fish, etc. ; bland drinks ; no coffee, spices, acids, eggs, 
fruit, or stimulants should be allowed. 

X. DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN. 

Healthy infants have usually two or three movements 
of the bowels in twenty-four hours. If the discharges 
become much more frequent, unnatural in color, watery, 
and accompanied with pain, treatment is necessary. 

Treatment. — Chamomilla. — diarrhoea during teeth- 



Dysentery. 121 

ing, or from cold, with colic, crossness, and restlessness ; 
greenish, watery, bilious, frothy, and offensive dis- 
charges. 

Ipecacuanha. — Summer diarrhoea, (see China, page 
213), with vomiting; diarrhoea from overloading the 
stomach. 

Pulsatilla. — Loose, greenish, bilious discharges, with 
flatulence or griping from indigestion, especially in fair 
and delicate children. 

Podophyllum is highly recommended by Dr. Shipman, 
in his excellent manual, for diarrhoea of teething chil- 
dren, especially with falling of the bowel. 

Merc, Calcarea carb., or Dulc, maybe required. 

Administration. — A dose every two or three hours, or 
after every movement of the bowels. 

See the preceding section, and also those on " Teeth- 
ing" " Worms" and " Thrush." 

XI. DYSENTERY BLOODY FLUX. 

Dysentery — inflammation and ulceration of the large 
intestine — is most frequent and violent in India, the 
Chinese seas, and other hot climates. In this country 
it is generally only subacute ; but in all cases it is most 
likely to take the chronic form. 

Symptoms. — This intensely painful disease is gen- 
erally attended with thirst, dry skin and tongue, head- 
ache, and other symptoms of fever. The most marked 
symptom of dysentery is frequent, painful desire to 
stool, with great straining — Tenesmus — without any 
evacuation, except a little mucus and blood, shreds of 
fibrine which the patient sometimes thinks to be the 



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coats of his own bowels, and lumps of hardened fseces 
— scybalce. In hot climates its attacks are acute and 
violent, the pain being very severe around the navel 
and at the bottom of the back-bone. The bladder 
often sympathizes with the rectum, exciting frequent 
efforts to pass water. 

Causes. — Exposure to sudden and extreme changes 
of temperature, as from the heat of day to the cold and 
damp of night ; insufficient protection from cold and 
wet ; as sleeping on the ground ; intemperance ; a poor 
or irregular diet, etc. It is therefore often epidemic 
among people reduced by privation, particularly soldiers 
in camps. The effluvia from dysenteric evacuations 
are infectious, and consequently a cause of spreading 
the disease. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — If febrile symptoms are 
well marked, the early use of this remedy often arrests 
the disease at its onset. It should be administered 
several times, at short intervals. 

Mercurius corrosivics .—Bloody evacuations, with pain 
and extremely severe straining. 

Colocynth. — This is often required after Merc., espe- 
cially when the colicky pains occur periodically, are 
very severe, and the discharges are mixed with green 
matter or lumps. If Merc, has not been previously ad- 
ministered, it may be alternated with Coloc. 

Arsenicum. — Burning pain with the evacuations ; 
excessive weakness ; coldness of the extremities ; cold 
breath ; faeces and urine putrid and offensive, often in- 
voluntary. 

Ipecacuanha. — Autumnal dysentery, with nausea, se- 
vere straining, and colic ; the evacuations are first slimy, 



Asiatic Cholera. 123 

afterwards bloody. Often advantageously alternated 
with Bryonia. 

Administration. — In severe cases, a dose every twenty 
or thirty minutes ; in mild, every two or three hours. 

Accessory Means. — The patient should maintain a 
reclining posture in bed, in a well-ventilated apartment, 
and in severe cases use the bed-pan instead of getting 
up. Local applications afford great relief, the best of 
which is the cold compress, i. <?., two folds of linen, or a 
napkin, wrung out after immersion in cold water, and 
applied over the bowels, covered with oiled-silk, and 
secured by a flannel bandage round the whole abdo- 
men. If the pains are very severe, flannels wrung out 
of hot water should be applied over the abdomen, a 
second hot flannel being ready when the first is re- 
moved. The drink shoul$ consist of cold water, gum- 
water, milk, etc. ; the diet must be restricted to arrow- 
root, cocoa, broths, ripe grapes, etc. Animal food and 
stimulants should be withheld except during recovery 
and in chronic cases, when extract of meat should be 
taken. Cold and sudden changes of temperature should 
be carefully avoided. 

XII. ASIATIC OR MALIGNANT CHOLERA. 

In this disease, which resists the efforts of the old sys- 
tem, Homoeopathy has won brilliant triumphs. Its suc- 
cess in the prevention and cure of cholera,* and other 
violent diseases, has contributed greatly to its rapid 
spread in every part of the world. 

Treatment. — This disease should, if possible, be 

* See Dr. Macloughlin's testimony, pages 25-26. 



124 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

always treated by a Homoeopathic practitioner. We 
shall only briefly indicate some of the remedies and 
measures which have been found most useful. 

Camphor is one of the first and most important medi- 
cines to be administered, under whatever form the dis- 
ease presents itself. Its special indications are, sudden 
prostration, the body generally becoming cold ; pains in 
the stomach and bowels ; irregular pulse, cold sweat on 
the forehead ; giddiness ; noise in the ears ; swelling 
of the abdomen from wind ; and severe purging : — Two 
to five drops of the strong tincture on sugar, or in a 
spoonful of water, every five or ten minutes ; as soon as 
the patient becomes warm, the doses may be given less 
frequently, and discontinued when full perspiration 
takes place. At the same time the patient should be 
placed in a warm bed, and iiave hot-water bottles ap- 
plied to the feet. 

Arsenicum. — Violent burning pains in the stomach ; 
excessive thirst ; suppression of urine ; clammy sweat , 
weak, tremulous pulse ; cramps, and entire prostration 
of strength. It is the great remedy when the time for 
curing with Camphor has passed. 

Veratrum. — The chief indications for this remedy are 
violent and continuous vomiting and purging ; a shriveled 
appearance of the skin ; cold tongue ; cadaverous and 
pinched appearance of the face. 

Cuprum. — Spasm or cramp, and convulsions. 

Preventive Measures. — During the prevalence of 
Cholera, there are usually premonitory symptoms, such 
as general uneasiness, bitter taste in the mouth, fullness 
and pressure at the pit of the stomach, cramps, and 
rumbling in the bowels ; these symptoms should be 



Constipation . 125 

promptly checked. Much time may be saved, and life 
spared, by families providing themselves with a small 
case of Homoeopathic remedies, including a small bottle 
of Arsenicum and Veralrum j also a bottle of Camphor, 
which must be kept by itself. 

The following advice is worth remembering : " In an epidemic 
of Cholera, the means to avoid an attack are, to maintain cheerful- 
ness of spirit (remembering that the disease is not contagious) ; 
using a temperate but generous diet ; avoiding suppers ; keeping 
early hours ; sleeping in the highest room in the house ■; and carry- 
ing a small bottle of strong camphorated spirit in the pocket, for 
the use of others as well as yourself ; and if compelled to pass the 
neighborhood of foetid drains, ditches, or other suspected places, 
moistening the tongue with a drop of the camphorated spirit before 
inhaling the stench, it being known to Homcepathists that Camphor 
is the antidote to most of their infinitesimal medicines, so it is an 
antidote to the cholera poison suspended in the air, and inhaled 
into the lungs in an infinitesimal quantity, provided the Ca?nphor 
is applied before the poison has begun to operate on the blood. — 
H. Kelsall, M.D. 

XIII. CONSTIPATION CONFINED BOWELS. 

A tendency to costiveness is not so grave a symptom 
as many persons suppose it to be ; indeed, individuals 
thus predisposed generally live long, unless they injure 
themselves by purgatives ; while those who are subject 
to frequent attacks of diarrhoea are soon debilitated, 
and seldom attain old age. The common idea that 
aperients contribute to health, not only in sickness, but 
also occasionally in health, and that impurities are 
thereby expelled from the body, is very erroneous. 

The fallacy of this notion may be easily demonstrated. 
Let purgatives be taken for a week, and however good 



126 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

may have been the state of health previously, at the 
termination of this period all sorts of impurities will be 
discharged, especially after taking jalap and calomel. 
As this is an invariable result, even in the case of those 
who have never been ill, it proves that impurities are 
produced by those drus;s. 

In sickness, also, purgatives are most injurious. Disease weakens 
the whole system ; " the bowels, therefore," says Dr. Yeldham, 
" in common with the legs, the arms, the stomach, the brain, and 
every other organ, partake of the general debility, and become de- 
prived of that power by which, in a state of health, they are ena- 
bled to discharge their proper functions. Why should they, more 
than the other organs, be impelled to the performance of a duty to 
which, at the time, they are totally unequal ? 

" Again, under the process of disease, the whole vital power is 
devoted to the struggle which is going on in the affected part. The 
attention of the system is, as it were, drawn off* as well from the 
bowels as from every other organ not immediately engaged in the 
contest. On this account, also, they remain quiescent ; and any 
interference with that quietude, by diverting the vital energy, weak- 
ens that force which nature requires to be undivided, to enable her 
to conduct her combat with disease to a successful issue — an addi- 
tional reason why purgatives should be avoided. 

" Constipation is an effect, not a disease : otherwise there might 
be some show of reason in the use of aperients. But, being merely 
a temporary loss of power, we can no more restore that power by 
forcing the action of the bowels, than we can impart strength to a 
weakened leg by compelling it to walk. In the latter instance, we 
should instinctively rest the part, until, by the removal of the dis- 
ease, motion might be resumed. The same reasoning applies with 
equal force to the removal of constipation. The exercise of a little 
patience, and the employment of judicious means for the eradica- 
tion of that disordered condition on which the inaction depends, 
would as infallibly restore the bowels to their duty, as in every 
other instance the effect must cease when the cause is removed." 



Constipation. 127 

Causes. — Sedentary habits ; dissipation ; an improper 
quality or quantity of food ; the use of superfine flour ; 
mental anxiety ; diseases of the liver ; exposure to the 
action of lead, as in painters ; want of contractile power 
in the coats of the rectum ; mechanical obstruction of 
the contents of the bowels ; inflammatory disease of the 
intestines, brain, or spinal cord, or their membranes. 
But a frequent cause of constipation is loss of tone of 
the mucous lining of the bowels, from the habitual use 
of purgatives. 

An important point will be gained if we can bring 
persons to consider constipation simply as a result of 
other causes, and a want of balance in the general sys- 
tem ; and when measures shall be directed to the cor- 
recting of this condition as the only rational means of 
curing constipation. 

Constipation and Old Age. — Daily evacuation, 
which, perhaps, should be the rule in youth and middle 
life, is an' excess in advanced life, when thrice or even 
twice a week is often sufficient. It is desirable that this 
physiological fact should be known, as old persons often 
trouble themselves needlessly on this point. 

Treatment. — If headache, dry tongue, hot skin, or 
other distressing symptoms co-exist with constipation, 
one of the following remedies may be selected : 

Nux vomica. — Constipation, with frequent ineffectual 
inclination to stool ; irregular action of the bowels ; 
constipation, with nausea and sickness in the morning, 
distension and heaviness of the stomach, ill-humor, 
fullness or pain in the head, uneasy sleep, etc. It is 
well adapted to constipation following intoxicating 



128 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

drinks ; eating too much or too great a variety of food 
at one time ; excessive study, and sedentary habits. 

Bryonia, — Constipation from torpor of the bowels 
(thus differing from the ineffectual or irregular action 
of the previous remedy) ; constipation, with chilliness, 
headache, and irritability, or associated with rheuma- 
tism, or heat of the weather. 

Opium.— Constipation, from a general paralytic con- 
dition, leading to inertia of the intestines ; obstinate 
constipation^ with a feeling as if the anus were closed ; 
hard and lumpy stools ; headache, dizziness, dry mouth, 
thirst, listlessness, and dusky face ; also in chronic 
cases, from too little out-of-door exercise. 

Podophyllum. — Constipation, with flatulence and 
headache, depression of spirits, and disposition to 
" bilious " condition of the system. 

Lye op odium. — Constipation, with itching and tight- 
ness of the anus ; rumbling and flatulence in the abdo- 
men ; waterbrash, heartburn ; the bowels feeling warm, 
dry, and distended. 

Sulphur. — Habitual costiveness, piles, burning and 
itching of the anus, etc. It is also valuable as an inter- 
current remedy, and frequently aids the action of Nux. 

Dose and Repetition. — See page 46. 

Accessory Measures. — No medicine can be of per- 
manent benefit if the bad habits which led to the con- 
stipation are persisted in. Moderate walking exercise 
is useful, particularly in the morning in the country. 
Water* is an extremely valuable adjunct, both for in- 
ternal and external use. Cold baths, especially the 
shower and sitz, are strongly recommended as being 

* See the article on " Water," page 39. 



Constipation. 129 

of easy application. The wet compress at night is often 
an invaluable remedy ; also injections, as recommended 
further on. Regularity in attending to the calls of na- 
ture is important ; the best time to solicit the bowels to 
act is in the morning, usually after breakfast. By fixing 
the mind on this operation for a few days, the bowels 
will generally respond, and constipation be sometimes 
removed by attention to this point alone. 

Diet. — Meals should be taken with regularity, ani- 
mal food eaten sparingly, but vegetable and ripe fruit 
freely. Oatmeal porridge, with treacle, may be taken 
for breakfast ; and brown bread should be preferred to 
white. If brown bread is not eaten exclusively, a little 
should be taken with nearly every meal ; its effects will 
thus be more uniformly exerted through the alimentary 
canal than if only taken occasionally. Strong or green 
tea, spirituous liquors, highly-seasoned food, and late 
suppers, should be avoided. 

Injections. — In obstinate and protracted constipa- 
tion, and when the lower bowel is obstructed with faecal 
matter, in too large masses, or too hard and dry for 
discharge, and the means before suggested prove inef- 
fectual, the enema may be used as a certain means of 
obtaining the desired relief, while it reduces the tem- 
perature of the rectum, and removes the sensation of 
congestion. At the same time, the use of the enema 
does not interfere with the administration of any Hom- 
oeopathic remedy necessary to cure the disease, of which 
the constipation is a symptom. The injection should 
consist of about a pint of water, and should be care- 
fully injected up the rectum by means of the enema 
syringe. On commencing to use injections, the water 
6 * 



130 Diseases of the Organs of Digestioii. 

for this purpose should not be lower than 72 °, and 
gradually reduced to 64 . Un-irritating in its operation, 
and acting directly on the seat of obstruction, an injec- 
tion is greatly preferable to deranging the whole ali- 
mentary tract with strong drugs, which, after the un- 
natural excitation, only settle back into a state of 
greater debility and torpor than before. 

xiv. — worms (Helminthia). 

Intestinal worms being the products of certain mor- 
bid states, the treatment should be directed against the 
disease itself, rather than against the product it engen- 
ders. The effect of most allopathic remedies is, at the 
best, to excite a discharge of the worms from the sys- 
tem, without correcting the morbid condition on which 
their existence and reproduction depends. 

Varieties. — There are three chief species of worms 
which infest the human body, viz., Oxyuris vermicularis, 
Ascaris Imiibricoides, and Tc&nia solium. 

1 . — The Oxyuris vej'micularis, or thread worm, infests 
the rectum (lower bowel). It is small, about a quarter 
to half an inch long, occurs chiefly in children, and oc- 
casions much local irritation. The chief symptom is 
intolerable itching within and about the anus in the 
evening, aggravated by the warmth of bed ; also pick- 
ing of the nose, foetid breath, depraved appetite, and 
disturbed sleep. 

2. — The Ascaris lumbricoides y or round worm, also 
exists in children, its habitat being the small intestines, 
where it feeds on the chyle, and attains a length of 
six to twelve inches. The symptoms, often obscure, 






Worms. 131 

are — pains in the belly, fretfulness, grinding of the 
teeth, disturbed sleep, or convulsive attacks ; also itch- 
ing of the nose and anus. The child becomes sallow, 
its limbs waste, but its belly is enlarged, hot, and tense ; 
the appetite is uncertain, often voracious ; the breath 
is offensive, and the stools contain much slimy mucus. 
The worms sometimes travel upward into the stomach, 
and are vomited, or downward into the colon, and are 
passed with the stools. 

3. — Tcenia solium, or the tape worm, is nearly white, 
flattened, and of a jointed structure ; it attains a great 
length, even many yards, by repetition of the joints ; 
and exists both in adults and children. The symptoms 
being masked, its presence is unsuspected until portions 
are passed in the stools, the head still remaining. There 
is seldom more than one worm present at a time, yet 
each joint possesses an ovary, and its eggs are millions, 
but they are discharged with faeces, and are devoured 
by unclean animals — swine, ducks and rats ; in these 
creatures they become developed, but not always into 
tape-worms, for they appear to go through several gen- 
erations before returning to the jointed form. They 
are probably introduced into the human body by eating 
unwholesome animal food, especially tripe and sausage- 
skins imperfectly cooked. It is supposed that the ova 
sometimes reach the circulation, and in the liver or 
other organs are developed into encysted Entozoa, com- 
monly called Hydatids. 

General Symptoms. — Sudden changes in the color 
of the face ; dark semi-circles under the eyes ; copious 
flow of saliva ; nausea ; insipid, acid, or foetid odor of 
the breath ; a voracious, alternating with a poor, appe- 



132 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

tite ; itching of the anus ; talking, and grinding the 
teeth during sleep ; thick and whitish urine ; tightness 
and swelling of the lower part of the abdomen ; fre- 
quently emaciation, and, sometimes, convulsions, de- 
lirium, etc. Perhaps the only irrefragable sign is the 
presence of worms in the stools, or in the matter vom- 
ited. 

Treatment.* — Aconitum. — At bed-time, for fever, 
restlessness, and burning and itching at the seat. 

Cina. — A valuable remedy for thread worms (aschri- 
des), or round worms (lumbrici), with the following 
symptoms : boring at the nose, livid circles round the 
eyes, tossing about, or calling out suddenly during 
sleep, epilepsy or convulsions, nausea and vomiting, 
griping, itching at the anus, and white and thick urine, 
sometimes passed involuntarily. 

Mercurius. — Diarrhoea, slimy stools, distension of the 
abdomen, difficult teething, and augmented secretion 
of saliva. 

Nux vomica. — For both thread and round worms, 
hard stools, and after indigestible food. 

Ignatia. — Intense itching at the seat, nervousness, 
epileptic attacks, etc., especially in mild, sensitive 
persons. 

Sulphur.— y or worm-colic, and after the prominent 
symptoms have disappeared, to complete the cure. 

Ca/carea.^- After discontinuing the other remedies, in 
patients having an hereditary predisposition to worms, 
and with scrofulous symptoms. 

Dose and repetition. — See page 46. 

* In addition to the treatment here described, the tape-worm re- 
quires other remedies, and often in massive doses. 



Piles. 133 

Accessory Means. — The food should be simple, 
easy of digestion, and taken only at regular hours ; 
pastry, sugar, sweetmeats, and sweet-made dishes, 
strictly avoided. Salt, as a condiment, should be taken 
with the food. A draught of spring-water should be 
swallowed on rising, and the whole body, the abdomen 
in particular, bathed with cold water in the morning, 
and afterwards rubbed till the whole skin is in a glow ; 
daily exercise taken in the open air ; also injections as 
recommended in the next paragraph. 

Injections. — These are most useful as means for 
expelling the worms ; half a pint of water, in which a 
spoonful of common salt has been dissolved, once or 
twice repeated, will often suffice to relieve a patient thus 
troubled. Afterwards, a simple cold or tepid injection 
should be used regularly about three times a week, for 
two or three months, to wash away the slime in which 
the ova exists. But the general and medicinal treat- 
ment can only be relied on for improving the health 
and preventing their re-formation. 

xv. — piles (Hemorrhoids). 

These consist of small tumors, sometimes outside 
(external piles ), and sometimes within (internal piles) 
the opening of the lower bowel, either with or without 
bleeding. They vary in number, from one small in- 
tensely painful swelling, to numbers clustering together 
like a bunch of grapes. These swellings are attended 
with pricking, shooting, burning, or pressive pains, in- 
creased on going to stool, and sometimes with dull 
pains in the loins. Blood is often passed with the 



134 Diseases of the Organs of Digestio?i. 

evacuations, sometimes only in drops, but at other times 
in considerable and even alarming quantities. 

Causes. — Obstinate constipation : drastic purgatives ; 
heating or stimulating food or drink ; a luxurious life ; 
sedentary habits ; pressure of the enlarged womb upon 
the vessels of the pelvis during pregnancy; * sitting on 
cold stones, or on warm or soft cushions ; excessive 
horseback-exercise ; and over-excitement of the sexual 
organs. 

Treatment. — Aeon., Ham. vir., Merc., Nux vom., 
Car bo veg., Phos., and Sulph. 

Nux vomica. — A valuable remedy in almost every 
form of piles, especially in persons of sedentary habits, 
confined bowels, or addicted to the use of intoxicating 
drinks, strong coffee, etc. See also Sulph. 

Sulphur. — Chronic piles, from abdominal plethora, or 
with itching and burning of the anus, and especially 
when associated with constipation. The evacuations 
are often mixed with blood ; there is great pain, and 
the tumors protrude considerably, and are pushed back 
with difficulty ; also, smarting pain in passing water. 
Sulph. is often alternated with Nux, the latter admin- 
istered at night and the former in the morning ; or 
Sulph. following Nux to complete the cure. 

Car bo veg.- — A burning sensation at the anus, and 
discharge of blood with the stools, which are consti- 
pated. 

Arsenicum. — A burning sensation as from hot needles, 
and general prostration. 

* For the treatment of piles during pregnancy, see " The Lady's 
Manual/' by the Author. 



Protrusion of the Bowel. 135 

Aconitum.— Profuse discharges of blood, throbbing 
and inflammatory symptoms in the parts. 

Dose and Repetition. — See page 46. 

Diet and Accessory Means. — Patients should avoid 
highly-seasoned dishes, coffee, pepper, spices, alcoholic 
beverages, and all kinds of indigestible food. Light 
animal food, properly cooked vegetables, and ripe fruits 
form the most useful diet. Sedentary habits, too much 
standing, the use of cushions and feather-beds are preju- 
dicial. The pain attending blind piles may be relieved 
by ablution with cold water, or in tepid water if that is 
found more agreeable.* Bleeding piles 'may be relieved 
by drinking half a tumbler of cold water, and then lying 
down for an hour. The horizontal position should be 
maintained as much as possible, especially for ten or 
fifteen minutes after an evacuation ; this gives great re- 
lief, and favors recovery. An occasional injection of 
about half a pint to a pint of water up the lower bowel, 
by means of the enema syringe, acts most beneficially, 
by constricting the blood-vessels, softening the faeces, 
and obviating straining at stool. The wet compress is 
also recommended as a preventive, directly the first 
symptoms are noticed ; and also curatively, with other 
means pointed out. 

xvi. — protrusion of the bowel ( Prolapsus Ani). 

This unpleasant complaint is occasioned by long- 
continued constipation or diarrhoea, purgatives, strain- 

* Hamamelis cerate is said to be an excellent application, and 
the " Distilled Extract " of Hamamelis is of great value in bleed- 
ing piles. 



136 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 

ing, and laxity and delicacy of constitution. Although 
not confined to them, it is most frequent in children. 

Treatment. — fgnatia. — This remedy is often spe- 
cific, and is generally the first to be used.* A dose 
thrice daily, for two or three days ; afterwards, night 
and morning. 

Nux vomica. — Prolapsus, with costiveness and strain- 
ing at stool. 

Mercurius.- — Prolapsus, with itching, discharge of a 
yellowish mucus (white piles), and diarrhoea; hard, 
swollen abdomen. 

Zycopodium.— Obstinate cases, and when other reme- 
dies only partially cure. 

Sulphur— -For similar conditions. 

Accessory Means. — When the bowel protrudes, "it 
should be replaced by laying the child across the lap, 
and making pressure on the protruded part with the 
fingers, previously lubricated with oil or lard. Bathing 
the parts with cold water, night and morning, and in- 
jections of water are very useful. The action of the 
bowel in the evening, just before going to bed, should 
be encouraged. The diet should be wholesome and 
unstimulating. 

* American physicians prescribe Podophyllum with great suc- 
cess. 



CHAPTER V, 

AFFECTIONS OF THE HEAD* 



i. — headache (Cephalalgia). 

Headache may be merely an incidental symptom of 
a general disease, such as indigestion, common cold, 
typhus, or deranged menstruation ; or it may be a more 
or less local affection, resulting from some irritation of 

*From statistical returns of the Registrar-General of births, 
marriages, and deaths, in England and Wales, we learn that dis- 
eases of the head — congestion of the brain, apoplexy, paralysis, epi- 
lepsy, etc. — have rapidly multiplied of late years, being as three to 
one when compared with earlier, more simple, and less competi- 
tive times. This augmented brain affection is no doubt the result 
of the overtasked energies and feverish excitement in which great 
numbers live, and of the large amount of stimulants taken to sus- 
tain that excitement. 

Hence it is our honest conviction that if the suggestions contained 
in the present work be faithfully observed, they will lead to the 
moulding afresh of our commercial and social habits. Daily exer- 
cise and recreation in the open air, true temperance, a less selfish 
and anxious pursuit of wealth, and a knowledge of the chief 
causes of disease, must materially reduce the present superfluous 
physical and mental wear and tear, and conduce to a more 
healthy, because a more natural mode of life. The more com- 
plete application of the early closing and weekly half-holiday 
movements to all departments of business, benefiting alike the 
employer and the employed, would also greatly contribute to the 



138 Affections of the Head, 

the . cerebral nerves. Chronic headache should be 
treated by a Homoeopathic physician. 

Treatment. — This must be regulated by the cause. 

Belladonna. — Pains throbbing, tearing, or shooting 
from one point to another ; fullness, pressure, and 
heaviness above the eyes, aggravated by mental efforts, 
noise, or light ; congestion of blood to the head, with 
redness of the face, glistening of the eyes, and exces- 
sive sensitiveness to external influences. A dose every 
hour until relieved ; afterwards less frequently. Bell. i§ 
often useful after, or alternately with, Aeon. 

Aconitum. — Heat in the head from excitement, and 
aggravated by motion, with a sense of coldness in the 
rest of the body ; cold water to the head gives relief; 
also in sick-headache, with vomiting of bile, etc. In 
rheumatic, bilious, and apoplectic headaches, the strong 
tincture of the root is recommended. A dose every 
half-hour, hour, or two hours, until the symptoms are 
modified ; afterwards less frequently. 

diminution of diseases of the heart. Having regard to the health 
as well as the happiness of the industrial classes, we strongly urge 
all employers to pay wages on Friday, and to give the weekly 
half-holiday on Saturday, our plea being strengthened by the expe- 
rience of years, that work is better done when it is not excessive or 
unrelieved by recreation. Rest and out-of-door amusements are to 
the human frame what oil is to the wheels of the iron machine. To 
the whole communitv, then, we commend the rule, Never Shop 
after Twelve on Saturday, and thus help to secure for the city 
clerk, the busy shopman, and the toiling artisan, relief from his du- 
ties at noon on Saturday, to enjoy amid the scenes of nature, or in 
the bosom of his family, the unbending of his back, and the un- 
wrinkling of his brow, and insuring, from lighter hearts and invigor- 
ated bodies, greater diligence and better work. 



Headache. 139 

Iris. — Sick headache with much vomiting of bile, 
pains in the forehead and right side of the head, aggra- 
vated by movement. 

Nux vomica. — Headache from intoxicating drinks, 
sedentary habits, too close attention to business ; head- 
ache with nausea or vomiting of sour and bitter sub- 
stances ; stupefying headache with giddiness and heavi- 
ness in the head, in the morning after unrefreshing 
sleep, or after meals, and connected with other symp- 
toms of indigestion. It is well indicated by a dark or 
bilious complexion, an irritable disposition, and irregu- 
lar action of the bowels. Headache caused by intoxi- 
cating beverages, may require the strong tincture. 

Podophyllwn. — If the patient is inclined to bilious 
derangement, indicated by dull feeling in the head, 
low spirits, constipation, or frequent urging, with small 
stool. 

Pulsatilla.— Headache from rich food, with acidity 
of the stomach, heaviness of the head, pain on one side 
of it, shooting into the ears, paleness of the face, fret- 
fulness, and shiverings. Also in women, from* sup- 
pressed period. 

Bryonia. — Headache from cold, most troublesome in 
the morning, or after a meal ; digging or tearing pains, 
and a feeling as if the contents of the head would pro- 
trude on stooping. Rheumatic Headache ; headache 
during hot weather ; also with bleeding of the nose, 
burning and watery eyes, or torpor of the bowels. 

Opium. — Headache with stupor, heaviness, a wander- 
ing expression, sluggish action of the bowels, and after 
a fright. 



140 Affections of the Head. 

Ignatia. — Headache from grief, and in nervous or 
hysterical patients. 

Chamomilla, Coffea, Mercurius, Glonoine, etc., are also 
remedies sometimes required. 

Dose and Repetition. — See page 46. 

Preventive Treatment. — An attack of headache 
may sometimes be warded off by a dose or two of Nux 
vomica (if from indigestion), or of Aconitum (if from a 
cold), if taken immediately the first symptoms are ob- 
served. 

General Treatment. — The cause should, if possi- 
ble, be ascertained and removed. In cases of difficulty, 
an observant physician can generally detect the cause, 
and, almost as often, point out the cure. Highly stimu- 
lating food and drinks, especially spirits, strong tea and 
coffee, should be avoided ; there should also be regu- 
larity as to meals, proper adaptation of clothing to the 
requirements of our changeable climate, a healthy 
action of the bowels, and a sufficient amount of recre- 
ation taken daily in the open air. 

11.— sick-headache. 

This is the headache of indigestion, and is often er- 
roneously called Bilious Headache. 

Symptoms. — Giddiness, dizziness, swimming in the 
head, sickness, etc. The headache is stupefying or 
agonizing, generally commences in the morning, and is 
often confined to one spot on the side of the head, on 
the forehead, or over the eye. 

Causes. — Errors in diet ; indulgence in wine ; sed- 
entary habits ; or it may occur in a person whose diges- 



Epilepsy. 141 

tion has been previously impaired without any imme- 
diate dietetic infraction. 

Treatment. — Bry., Iris, Ipec, Puis., Nux vom., or 
Bell. — See the preceding section, and that on " Indi- 
gestion." 

An attack of sick-headache may be broken up imme- 
diately in almost every instance by taking, as soon as 
the first symptoms are perceived, five or six drops of 
mother tincture of Ipecac, in a half teacup of water. Stir 
it well and drink all at once. If not entirely relieved 
in half an hour repeat the dose. 

Patients subject to sick-headache, will find the dis- 
position to it overcome by taking the 30th potency of 
Nux vomica and Calcarea, on alternate days, each day 
a dose, for three or four weeks. 

in. — epilepsy (Epilepsia) — falling sickness, 

Symptoms. — Sudden and complete loss of conscious- 
ness, with foaming and convulsions, followed by sleep. 
Epilepsy means literally a seizure ; for often in a mo- 
ment the patient falls to the ground, struggling, foam- 
ing, and insensible. Sometimes a fit is preceded by 
depression of spirits, a gloomy mood, drowsiness, or the 
aura epileptica, a peculiar sensation, compared to a 
stream of warm or cold air, the trickling of water, or 
the creeping of an insect. 

Causes. — Hereditary tendency ; injuries, or mal- 
formation of the head ; local irritation ; derangement 
of the nervous or sexual system ; self-abuse ; fright, or 
fits of rage ; the irritation of worms ; the sight of other 
epileptics, etc. The evidence of hereditary tendency 



142 Affections of the Head. 

exists in the fact that two or more cases of epilepsy 
frequently occur in the same family, far more frequently 
than it would do if it were a mere coincidence. Still, 
evidence of local irritation as a cause should be sought 
after, so that it may, if possible, be removed. 

Treatment during a Fit. — Tight articles of cloth- 
ing must be loosened, particular care being taken that 
there shall be no pressure on the vessels of the neck ; 
the patient should be placed in a cool, airy place ; the 
head and trunk slightly raised ; a cork or linen pad' 
placed between the teeth to prevent the tongue, which 
should be pushed back, from being bitten, and the pa- 
tient prevented as much as possible from injuring him- 
self, without restraining him beyond what is absolutely 
necessary. After the fit, the patient should be allowed 
to sleep. 

Treatment between Fits. — Belladonna. — Great 
irritability of the nervous system, the patient starting at 
the least noise ; convulsive movement of the muscles 
of the mouth and face, and jerking in the limbs , dilated 
pupils, or fixed or convulsed eyes ; intolerance of light ; 
stammering ; congestion of blood to the head ; and 
when an attack commences with a sensation of crawling 
in the upper extremities. 

Ignatia. — Nervous, sensitive patients; when anxiety 
or grief has been an exciting cause, and there are deep 
sighs between or before an attack. 

Nux vo7?iica.— Indigestion ; irregular action of the 
bowels ; great irritability between the fits : the patient 
takes too little out-of-door exercise. 

Opium. — Fullness of blood ; deep and lethargic sleep 



Epilepsy. 143 

between the paroxysms ; also if the fits are traceable to 
fright. 

Chamomilla. — In children from gastric derangements ; 
an attack is preceded by colicky pains, and followed by 
sudden stretching of the limbs, clenching of the thumbs, 
often sour vomitings, paleness of one and redness of the 
other cheek. Where, however, true brain symptoms are 
present, Cham, must yield to Bell. 

Phosphorus. — Epilepsy associated with, or conse- 
quent on, self-abuse. 

Ciita. — From the irritation of worms. 

Sulphur. — Epilepsy following a suppressed eruption 
or discharge ; chronic cases ; also as an intercurrent 
remedy. 

Cuprum is also a good remedy in some chronic cases. 

Administration. — For the premonitory symptoms, a 
dose every one, two, or three hours ; during the inter- 
vals, twice or thrice daily. 

Accessory Means.* — Regular exercise and amuse- 
ments, but not carried to the point of fatigue ; plain, 
nourishing food, in moderate quantities ; cold ablutions 
every morning. Patients with a tendency to plethora 
or congestion should wholly abstain from stimulants. 
Violent emotions, excesses of every kind, more espe- 
cially sexual, must be strictly avoided. 

* The current from a galvanic battery, rightly applied, is of great 
benefit. 



CHAPTER VI. 
AFFECTIONS OF THE EYES AND EARS* 



I. — INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES (Ophthalmia). ^ 

Ophthalmia is a general term for inflammation of 
the mucous membrane which lines the eyelids and the 
front part of the eye-ball. There are several varieties, 
such as Catarrhal Ophthalmia, from cold ; Strumous 
Ophthalmia, from a strumous (scrofulous) habit, marked 
by extreme intolerance of light ; Purulent Ophthalmia, 
of several varieties, and from different causes ; Gonor- 
rhoea! Ophthalmia, from direct contact of gonorrhceal 
matter. 

Symptoms. — Soreness in the ball of the eye, attended 
with a pricking pain, and a feeling as if there were sand 
or a little fly under the lids ; great heat and severe pain 
in the eyes, often extending into the head ; redness and 
swelling of the parts ; extreme sensitiveness to light ; 
scalding tears, and a secretion of mucus gluing the 
lids together. 

Causes. — Injuries ; foreign bodies under the eye- 
lids ; rapid changes of temperature, especially draughts 
of cold air ; sudden suppression of eruptions or dis- 

* For many important diseases affecting these organs, not even 
mentioned in this small manual, the reader is referred to " The 
Vade Mecum of Modern Medicine and Surgery." 



Inflammation of the Eyes, 145 

charges ; crowding together, especially in filthy dwell- 
ings ; severe exertion of the eyes. Chronic inflamma- 
tion of the eyes points to a scrofulous constitution. 

Treatment. — Belladonna. — Excessive sensibility to 
light ; redness of the eyes and margins; pressing pains 
in the eyes, especially on moving them, penetrating 
deeply into the head ; discharge of burning tears, and 
violent headache. 

Aconttum. — Ophthalmia, with general febrile symp- 
toms, — quick pulse, dry skin, thirst, etc. A dose every 
two or three hours. 

Mercurius. — Ophthalmia, with a copious watery dis- 
charge, afterwards changing to mucus and pus ; sensa- 
tion as of sand under the lids, redness of the eyes, with 
swelling of the vessels, itching and shooting pains, pus- 
tules and scales on the lids ; the pains increase in the 
evening, and on exposure to cold, and there is aggluti- 
nation in the morning. 

Calcarea carbonica. — Chronic ophthalmia, in scrofu- 
lous, debilitated children : secretion of mucus, causing 
the lids to stick together in the morning. A dose twice 
daily. 

Hepar Sulphur. — Chronic, scrofulous ophthalmia, 
especially if much calomel has been administered. It 
is generally most beneficial after the acute symptoms 
have yielded to such remedies as Aeon, and Bell. 

Sulphur. — Frequent relapses in scrofulous persons ; 
or it may follow other remedies after the more urgent 
symptoms have subsided. 

Arnica. — Inflammation from external injuries. It 
may be used both internally and externally. 

Accessory Measures. — If inflammation has been 
7 



146 Affections of the Eyes and Ears. 

caused by sand, dust, lime, flies, or hairs of the lids, the 
irritating body should be immediately removed ; and if 
the inflammation is considerable, a shade should be 
worn. To prevent the eyelids from being cemented 
together in the morning, they should be smeared with a 
little olive oil by means of a camel's hair brush, or with 
simple cerate, at bed-time. The only further local ap- 
plication admissible in domestic practice is a piece of 
lint, wetted with tepid or cold water, except the Calen- 
dula lotion in cases of injury. Patients in crowded and 
unhealthy towns should remove for a time to the coun- 
try, where they may take daily out-of-door exercise in 
a pure and bracing air. The food should be plain and 
nourishing, the habits early and regular, and frequent 
bathing should be practiced. Chronic, especially stru- 
mous ophthalmia, requires Cod Liver Oil. Persons 
predisposed to ophthalmia should guard against un- 
necessary exposures during easterly and north-easterly 
winds. 

II. BLOODSHOT EYE. 

Treatment. — Two or three doses of Aconitum at in- 
tervals of about three hours. At the same time the eyes 
should be frequently bathed with cold or tepid water. 
If from mechanical causes, the Arnica lotion (six drops 
of tincture to a wine-glassful of water) may be used. 
Also Arnica, internally, may be administered. If the 
condition be chronic or apt to recur without mechani- 
cal injury, Arsen. should be taken thrice daily for a 
week. 

hi. — stye on the eyelids (Hordeolum). 

The stye is a painful little boil projecting from the 
margin of the eyelids. 






Inflammation of the Ears. 147 

Treatment. — Pulsatilla is the chief remedy, and 
the first to be used in the absence of inflammation. It 
will not, however, prevent a tendency to return. 

Sulphur. — To remove the tendency to recur. 

Silicea and Calcarea. — Scrofulous patients, predis- 
posed to styes ; the remedies may be administered each 
for a week or ten days in succession, allowing an inter- 
val of two or three days between ; afterwards, if neces- 
sary, the course may be repeated. 

Administration. — In acute cases, every three hours ; 
in chronic, morning and night. 

Auxiliary Treatment. — Fomentations of tepid 
water ; if pus form, a bread-and-water poultice at night. 

IV. FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE. 

If a particle of sand, a fly, or a hair get under the lids, 
the flow of tears is usually sufficient to dislodge the 
substance ; otherwise, it can generally be removed by 
wiping the eye gently with a soft, moistened handker- 
chief, or a feather, or by using a bent bristle, the two 
ends being held by the finger and thumb. 

If small pieces of flint ox iron are fixed in the front of 
the eye, they should be carefully picked out with a 
needle or point of a lancet. 

When the foreign body shall have been removed, a 
weak Arnica lotion may be applied to the eye on lint or 
soft linen. 

V. INFLAMMATION OF THE EARS (Otitis) EARACHE 

(Otalgia). 

The conditions thus described are the most common 
affections of the ear. 



148 Affections of the Eyes and Ears. 

Symptoms. — Sudden pain, sometimes so acute as to 
cause delirium ; tenderness and soreness ; unnatural 
noises ; deafness, or morbid sensibility to sound ; more 
or less redness and swelling of the ear passage, etc. 

Causes. — Cold currents ; imperfectly drying the ear 
after washing ; injudicious bathing ; probing or syring- 
ing an inflamed ear, etc. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Recent inflammation from 
cold. 

Belladonna. — Tearing pains in the head, leading to 
delirium. 

Pulsatilla. — Sticking or tearing pains in and behind 
the ear, swelling, and a feeling as if the ear were closed. 
It is specially suited to the earache of children, and after 
the inflammatory symptoms have been controlled by the 
former remedies. 

Chamomilla. — Earache from cold or suppressed per- 
spiration ; stabbing, tearing pains in the ears ; extreme 
sensitiveness, susceptibility, and irritability. 

Mercurius. — Pains in the ear extending to the cheeks 
and teeth ; discharge ; swelling of the glands, etc. 

Sulphur. — After the use of other remedies, as an in- 
termediate one, or to complete the cure. 

Dose and Administrate. — See page 46. 

Accessory Means. — Hot fomentations, poultices, or 
the steam of hot water, to mitigate the pain. 

VI. RUNNING FROM THE EARS ( Otorrhea). 

Is commonly met with in scrofulous children, and 
should be treated professionally. 

Treatment.— Mercurius. — Thick, bloody, or fetid 



Deafness, 149 

discharge ; tearing pains in the side of the head or face ; 
swelling and tenderness of the glands about the ear ; 
also when the complaint follows Scarlatina, Measles, 
Small-pox, etc. A dose thrice daily. 

Hepar Sulphur is preferable if the patient has been 
dosed with Mercury. 

Pulsatilla.— -Simple discharge from the ear with deaf- 
ness, in non-scrofulous children. 

Arsenicum. — Excoriating discharge in feeble consti- 
tutions. 

Calcarea. — Tedious cases, especially in strumous chil- 
dren. 

Accessory Measures. — Change of air often is neces- 
sary. Country air in a dry salubrious district, or sea air 
in the autumnal months, is generally of marked utility. 

vii. — deafness ( Surditas). 

Causes. — Deafness is generally a symptom of some 
other disorder, such as inflammation of the ears, severe 
cold, or chronic disease of the ear. It may also be oc- 
casioned by loud noises, or by the accumulation of ear- 
wax and other substances lodged in the ear-passage. 

Prognosis. — Deafness of recent date may generally be 
quickly cured by skillful Homoeopathic treatment ; 
long-standing cases are often obstinate. 

Treatment. — Pulsatilla — Recent deafness from 
cold, with noises in the ears. 

Mercurius. — Catarrhal deafness with swollen glands 
of the neck and throat ; suddenly suppressed discharge 
from the nose or ears ; roaring and buzzing sounds in 
the head. Also deafness after Small-pox* 



150 Affections of the Eyes and Ears 

Nux vomica. — Buzzing, tingling, or whistling noises, 
particularly whilst eating, with disordered digestion. 

Calcarea carbonica. — Sensations as of obstructions in 
the ears; humming noise; throbbing; dryness of the 
ear or discharge. 

Phosphorus. — Deafness of nervous patients, or follow- 
ing any nervous disorder. 

Administration. — In recent cases, a dose every four 
hours ; in chronic, twice daily. 

Accessory Means. — Hard ear-wax, or any foreign , 
substance, causing deafness, should be early removed 
by skillful hands, after first gently syringing the ear with 
warm water. All nostrums, to be dropped into the ear, 
should be eschewed. 



CHAPTER VII. 

AFFECTIONS OF THE MOUTH, NOSE, TEETH, 
AND GLANDS 



I. OFFENSIVE BREATH. 

In perfect health, the odor of the breath is sweet and 
agreeable , on the contrary, foetid breath points to dis- 
ordered digestion or respiration, scurvy, malignant sore 
throat, etc. The breath is offensive and infectious 
during the progress of the eruptive, typhoid, and pesti- 
lential fevers ; but in no disease is it so extremely offen- 
sive as in gangrene (mortification) of the lung ; indeed, 
this condition may be recognized by this symptom alone 

Treatment. — If offensive breath arises from indiges- 
tion, or any other complaint, proceed according to direc- 
tions given in other parts of this manual. Competent 
advice, however, founded upon all the circumstances of 
each case, is almost invariably required. If unable to 
obtain professional advice, the following medicines may 
be tried : 

Carbo vegetabilis. — Putrid odor of the breath from 
decayed teeth, or bad condition of the gums ; large 
doses of mercury, or other causes. A dose thrice daily, 
for eight to ten days, or longer. 

Mercurins. — Foetid breath from sore mouth or throat. 
A dose thrice daily for several days, 

Nux vomica, or Pulsatilla, night and morning for a 



*5 2 Affections of the Mouth, Nose, etc. 

week, may follow either of the former remedies.— Sul- 
phur, in the same manner, may complete the course. 
After waiting a few days, the course may be repeated. 
Accessory Means. — As inattention to the mouth 
and teeth is sometimes a cause of foetid breath, the 
remedy in this case is obvious, viz., careful cleansing of 
the teeth and mouth after meals, especially when ani- 
mal food has been eaten. Decayed and useless stumps 
are generally best removed. There should also be care- 
ful attention to diet ; the internal and external use of 
water ; pure air; exercise, and such other means as are 
indicated in the Observations on Health, page 32. The 
sections on " Indigestion " and " Toothache " should 
also be consulted. 



n. — thrush ( Aphthce) — frog. 

Symptoms. — Small vesicles or white specks appear 
upon the lining membrane of the mouth, and are some- 
times so connected as to form a continuous dirty diph- 
theritic-like covering over the tongue, gums, palate, etc. 
In some forms of the disease, microscopical parasitic 
plants are developed in the mucous membrane, which 
are readily transferred to the mother's nipples. The 
disorder may also extend to the stomach and bowels, 
setting up violent diarrhoea, and such general disturb- 
ance as to require the greatest skill and care to prevent 
a fatal issue. In adults, the disease is the result of some 
other malady, and is always serious. 

Causes. — -A delicate or strumous constitution ; insuf- 
ficiency or unhealthy condition of the mother's milk ; 



Thrush, 153 

or in infants who are fed with the bottle or spoon, an 
unsuitable quantity or quality of food ; want of cleanli- 
ness; general disease. 

Treatment. — Borax. — The child's mouth should be 
washed with a weak solution of borax (four grains to 
one ounce of water), by means of a soft brush. It has 
a specific power over this affection, and will cure it 
probably quite as well if used internally only, and if the 
disease is limited to the mouth, without the aid of any 
other remedy. 

Mercurius. — Is indicated by dribbling saliva, diar- 
rhoea, offensive breath, etc. ; if administered when the 
white specks first appear, it is often alone sufficient. A 
dose every six hours, for several days. 

Arsenicum. — If the affected parts become brown or 
black, and have an offensive smell ; or if the disease 
extends to the stomach and bowels, and is attended by 
exhausting diarrhoea. A dose every four hours. 

Carbovegetabilis. — This has similar indications to the 
last, and may be given if that remedy fails to effect more 
than a partial cure. 

Sulphur. — May follow any remedy, if the latter does no 
further good; when the thrush has nearly subsided, to 
prevent a relapse ; and where there are eruptions on 
the skin, or sour-smelling breath. A dose night and 
morning. 

General Directions. — Cleanliness, ventilation, 
fresh air and proper diet are essential. When thrush 
is due to ill health in the mother or nurse, the infant 
should be at once weaned, and fed with the following 
excellent substitute : 



154 Affectio7is of the Mouth, Nose, etc. 

Neave's Farinacious Food.* — Considerable expe- 
rience in its use justifies us in recommending this as the 
best substitute, in the majority of cases, for the mother's 
milk, as well as a valuable article of diet for feeble con- 
stitutions generally. Competent chemical analyses have 
found the preparation to contain every constituent 
necessary for the perfect nourishment of the infantile 
body, and this has been abundantly confirmed by what 
we have frequently observed as the result of its early 
and exclusive use. A great advantage in the adoption 
of this diet is, that any interference in the action of the 
bowels is altogether unnecessary, as by varying the 
quantity of milk mixed with the food, the most regular 
action is secured. In cases in which farinaceous food 
cannot be tolerated, Sugar-of-Milk may be substituted. 
In most cases, however, this intolerance is due to im- 
proper methods of preparation. f 

* Comstock's Rational Food, manufactured in America, and sold 
by homoeopathic pharmaceutists and druggists, is a similar prepa- 
ration, and will bear the same recommendation. 

f Probably no preparation has been used with greater and more 
marked success as infant's food in cases of weak digestion or faulty 
assimilation than Castillon's Powder. Though it is simply a com- 
bination of mucilaginous and starchy substances, with a small pro- 
portion of carbonate of lime of a peculiar preparation, yet, when 
combined with pure milk (according to the directions for use), the 
resulting substance is found to possess such nutritive and medical 
virtues as to make the Powder an indispensable necessity in* the 
treatment of many cases of diseased conditions of the stomach and 
bowels of weakly infants. 

This preparation was formerly well-known to medical men and 
only tolerably successful, but is now greatly improved by Mr. C. 
S. Halsey, who uses a ^homoeopathic trit. of calc. carb., instead of 
the crude carbonate employed in the original recipe. 

There are numerous instances on record, where children — who, 



Disorders of Teething. 155 

in. — disorders of teething (Dentition). 

Teething is an important process in the development 
of a child, and in delicate children is often accompanied 
by various local and general symptoms of disorder, some 
of which are referred to under the following remedies. 
Other complaints, such as Constipation, Diarrhoea, Con- 
vulsions, etc., may be treated according to the instruc- 
tions given in this book, under those headings. 

Causes of Disordered Dentition. — Excessive 
quantities of food, or improper food ; keeping the head 
too hot ; local affections of the gums ; strumous consti- 
tution, etc. The period at which the milk teeth appear 
is important. Too early dentition taxes the constitu- 
tion beyond its powers of endurance ; too late dentition 
indicates a feeble or scrofulous constitution. In the 
latter cases, professional treatment should, if possible, 
be obtained. 

Treatment. — Aeonitum. — Heat, redness, pain, swol- 
len gums, and restlessness. Aeon, is often invaluable 
during dentition. 

Chamomilla. — This remedy may follow Aeon, for dry 
cough ; short breathing ; and fretfulness ; flushed 
cheek ; loose, green or frothy stools. A sovereign remedy 
in many of the ailments of dentition. 

from difficult teething, or other causes, constitutional or hereditary, 
were pining away as the result of distaste for food, or from inability 
to retain and digest any of that given them — have yet taken with 
avidity the food prepared from these Powders and thrived upon it, 
the disease of the bowels quickly disappearing without other medi- 
cal treatment. 

They can be obtained from homoeopathic physicians and phar- 
maceutists, and from respectable druggists. 



156 Affections of the Month, Nose, etc. 

Sufferings in the head, sleeplessness, crying out and 
tossing about ; the feverishness is not such as to call 
for Aconite or the head symptoms for Belladonna. 

Coffea. — Morbid excitability, sleeplessness, restlessness, 
and frequent changes. It is especially indicated in the 
absence of fever. 

Belladonna. — Congestion to the head; cerebral ex- 
citement ; convulsive movements of the limbs ; sleeping 
with the eyes partially open ; redness of the eyes. 

Calcarea. — Slow or late dentition, especially in 
scrofulous children subject to loose bowels, with loss of 
flesh and strength. 

Silicea. — Similar symptoms to those of Calcarea, 
especially when the teeth, though on the point of com- 
ing through, are still tardy. This medicine, as also the 
former, generally obviates the necessity of lancing the 
gums. Silicea is valuable in rickety children. 

Mer., Kreos., Ipec, Nux voni., Sulph., etc., are also 
sometimes required. 

Accessory Treatment. — See page 158. 

IV, CONVULSIONS DURING TEETHING. 

Causes.— Irritation of the brain from pressure of a 
tooth upon an inflamed gum, or anything which over- 
excites the nervous system ; disease of the brain ; an 
insufficient supply of blood to the brain, as in badly-fed 
children, or an impure supply of blood, as in the erup- 
tive fevers ; the irritation of worms ; fright ; powerful 
emotions of the mother; indigestion. The remote 
causes are, hereditary predisposition, too early or too 
late marriages, etc. 



Convulsions During Teething. 157 

Treatment. — -Loosen all clothing about the neck, 
chest, and body; raise the head, sprinkle the face with 
water, and admit plenty of fresh air. A warm bath, 
however, is generally advisable. A physician should be 
summoned if possible. 

Warm Bath. — Immerse the child in warm water up 
to its neck, and directly afterwards apply a cold, wet 
towel to the head, or a large sponge after dipping it in 
cold water ; the cold towel or sponge may be applied 
for about three minutes, but the child kept in the bath 
for ten or fifteen minutes. The temperature of the bath 
should be about 98 , or what is agreeable to the back 
of the hand, and this temperature should he fully main- 
tained till the child is taken out, by additions of hot 
water carefully poured down the side of the bath. The 
bath should be given in front of a good fire, and a 
warmed blanket be in readiness to wrap the child in 
directly it leaves the bath. The warm bath is of great 
service in convulsions ; it draws the blood from the 
overloaded brain to the general surface of the body. 

Belladonna. — Convulsions with determination to, or 
inflammation of, the brain, hot and flushed face j dilated 
pupils, etc. ; it is especially useful in stout children. It 
should be given early, and repeated every fifteen min- 
utes for several times. A drop of the tincture in a tea- 
spoonful of water, or one or two globules on the tongue. 

Gelseniinum. — When there is spasm of the throat, 
threatening suffocation and general convulsions. When 
the brain is the seat of the affection, and Bell, does not 
relieve. 

Chamomilla. — Spasmodic twitching of the eyelids and 
muscles of the face, one cheek red, and the other pale , 



158 Affections of the Mouthy JVose, etc. 

clenched thumbs. It is most suitable for irritable chil- 
dren, and in fits from disorders of the digestive func- 
tions. True brain symptoms point to Bell, in preference. 

Opium. — Convulsion from fright, followed by stupor, 
labored breathing, confined bowels. 

Cuprum. — Red, bloated face ; shrieking before an at- 
tack; convulsive movements, the paroxysm resembling 
an epileptic seizure, but the brain symptoms are less 
active than those that indicate Bell. 

Aconitum. — Fever — restlessness, flushed face — and 
when convulsions are threatened. 

Dose and repetition.- — See page 46. 

Accessory Treatment. — Diarrhoea during denti- 
tion, unless excessive, should not be interfered with. It 
may be regarded as an effort of nature to relieve con- 
gestion of the brain. " Keeping the head cool and the 
feet warm," washing the child in cold water daily, and 
allowing it to be much in the open air, tend to prevent 
determination to the head. Purgatives are to be avoid- 
ed, and the bowels regulated by suitable diet, or by 
Homoeopathic treatment. Costiveness in infancy is due 
to errors in diet, and if obstinate, or if worms be pres- 
ent, injections of water may be used. The mother or 
nurse should abstain from all indigestible food. For 
children brought up by hand, we strongly recommend 
Neave's FaiHnaceous Food, referred to in the article on 
Thrush. If prepared according to the directions, it is 
the most valuable diet for infants.* 

* When there is faulty assimilation of food, and the child has 
diarrhoea and grows thin and puny, the Castillon pozvdei' — a combi- 
nation of sago, tragacanth, and salep — with the trituration of Calca- 
rea, makes a diet of great excellence, one which has saved the lives 
of many children, and made them strong and well. 



Toothache. 159 

v. — toothache ( Odontalgia). 

Causes. — Decayed teeth, sudden changes of tempera- 
ture, indigestion, pregnancy,* or general ill-health. 
Neuralgic toothache occurs in paroxysms, and comes 
and goes suddenly. 

Treatment. — If strong Kreosote, or Laudanum, has 
been used locally, the mouth should be thoroughly 
cleansed before taking any of the medicines recom- 
mended further on. 

Leading Symptoms in Toothache. — In the fol- 
lowing classification the remedies are named in the or- 
der in which they are most frequently required : 

1. From Cold. — Merc, Bry., Dulc. (from wet), Cham, 
(from a draught), or Puis. 

2. Rheumatic Toothache. — Bry., Merc, Am., Bell., or 
Aeon. 

3. From Decayed Teeth. — Merc, Kreosote. 

4. Nervous Toothache. — Gels, or Ign., Cham., Coff. 

5. Pains exte?iding to neighboring parts. — Merc, Bell. y 
Puis., or Cham. 

6. With Swelling of the Face or Gums. — Cham. y 
Merc, Bell., or Bry. 

7. Toothache during Pregnancy. — Nux vom., Bell., 
Puis., or Cham. >• 

In Children — Cham., Aeon., Calc, or Ig?i. 

Leading Indications. — Mercurius. — Decayed teeth f 
with tearing pains extending over the side of the face, 
and to the glands and ears ; pains aggravated by eating 
or drinking anything cold, or by cool or damp air ; 
swelling of the face, soreness of the gums, gum-boils, 
profuse flow of saliva, perspiration, etc. 

* See the " Lady's Manual," by the Author. 



160 Affections of the Mouthy Nose, etc. 

Aconitum. — Full-habited patients, with flushed face, 
hot, swollen gums, thirst, restlessness. 

Belladonna. — Drawing, lacerating, or shooting pains, 
affecting several teeth, the ears, and side of the face, 
worse at night, in the open air, or by contact, determin- 
ation to the head, swelling of the cheek, etc. Chil- 
dien are often delirious, or there may be spasms and 
convulsions. 

Chamomilla. — Toothache from a draught, suppressed 
perspirations, or from mental emotions ; jerking, shoot- 
ing, violent pains, which affect the ear or one side of the 
face, are worse at night, after eating, and after taking 
anything hot ; there exist agitation and restlessness, 
and one cheek is often flushed and the other pale. Es- 
pecially suited to the toothache of children. 

Pulsatilla. — Throbbing or digging pains, extending 
from the decayed tooth to the eye, with semilateral 
headache ; the pains are worse in a warm room, in the 
evening, and in bed, but are mitigated by cold air or 
water. It is most suited to mild persons, of light com- 
plexion, and to females, especially with suppressed or 
scanty period. 

Nnx vomica. — Toothache from sedentary habits, 
stimulants, or coffee, with indigestion, irregular action 
of the bowels, etc. The pains are worse at night, in 
the morning on waking, or when engaged in mental 
labor. 

Bryonia. — Rheumatic toothache, worse in warmth, 
but relieved temporarily by cold applications. 

Administration. — Every fifteen or twenty minutes till 
the pain is mitigated ; afterwards, every three or four 



Sore Throat, 161 

hours. After three or four doses have been taken 
without benefit, another remedy may be selected. 

Accessory Treatment. — Brush the teeth in the 
morning, after eating animal food, and at bed-time. 
They should be brushed on their inner as well as on 
their outer side, and up and down, and not merely from 
side to side, using a medium soft brush, and the dentri- 
fices prepared by Homoeopathic chemists. 

The digestive organs should be maintained in a 
healthy condition by means of proper food, and correct 
habits. Chewing or smoking tobacco, the habitual use 
of strong drinks, drugs, chewing ice, or taking food ex- 
tremely hot, are likely to injure teeth naturally good. 

In some cases the only remedy is extraction, especially 
if the tooth be loose, much decayed, and unfit for mas- 
tication ; in other cases the pain may be speedily re- 
moved by Homoeopathic remedies. If the caries be 
recent and slight, the decayed portion may sometimes 
be removed, and the cavity filled with a suitable mate- 
rial, thus preserving a useful member for years. A 
qualified dentist should be consulted. 

Preventive Means.-— The face, temples, ears, and 
neck should be well bathed with cold water every day, 
and afterwards rubbed with a dry towel ; also the mouth 
kept sweet and clean by rinsing it with cold water, and 
Phos. taken once a day for several days. 

vi. — sore throat ( Dolor faucium) 

Simple soreness or swelling of the throat, uncompli- 
cated by ulceration, quinsy, or syphilis, is a very com- 
mon accompaniment of cold in the head, and is gen- 



162 Affections of the Mouth, Nose, etc. 

erally easily curable by Aeon., when the throat is very 
dry and rough, and there is a hard dry cough ; by Bell,, 
if there be great redness of the parts, with a raw or 
scraped sensation ; or by Merc, if the throat feels swol- 
len, the glands sore or enlarged, with slight deafness. 
See the Section on Cold-in-the-head. 

vii. — quinsy ( Cynanche Tonsillaris), 

This consists of inflammation of the tonsils and v of 
the subjacent mucous membrane. 

Symptoms. — Heat, redness, and rapid swelling of the 
tonsils, with hoarseness, severe throbbing pain, difficult 
swallowing and expectoration, and general fever. If 
prompt and skillful means be employed, the pain, 
swelling, and other inflammatory symptoms gradually 
subside ; otherwise matter forms, indicated by rigors, 
throbbing, and darting pains, extending to the ears. 

Causes. — The predisposing are, scrofulous constitu- 
tion, abuse of mercury, and previous attacks of Quinsy ; 
the exciting are, cold, atmospheric changes, wet feet, etc. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Sore throat, with general 
feverish symptoms — chills, thirst, headache, dizziness, 
and restlessness. Generally required at the commence- 
ment. 

Belladonna. — Acute, bright-red, sore throat, with heat, 
dryness, and painful difficulty in swallowing, flushed 
face and headache. A valuable remedy, either after, or 
in alternation with, Aconitum. 

Mercurius. — ^Swollen throat ; copious accumulation 
of saliva in the mouth ; swelling of the gums and of the 
tongue ; shooting pain on swallowing ; an inclination 



Mumps. 163 

to swallow the saliva, although painful ; a disagreeable 
taste in the mouth ; foetid odor of the breath ; ulcers 
on the sides of the mouth ; pains extending from the 
throat to the ear. 

Dose and adminstration. — In acute cases, a dose every 
one or two hours, at first ; in sub-acute, every three or 
four hours ; during convalescence, every six or twelve 
hours. If swallowing be extremely difficult or impossible, 
two drops of the tincture of the remedy selected, on a 
small piece of sugar, placed on the tongue ; or the 
globules may be placed on the tongue. 

Accessory Means. — In severe cases, a hot poultice 
across the throat extending nearly to each ear ; in mild 
cases, the wet compress, described page 83, may be ap- 
plied. Frequent inhalation of the steam of hot water, 
or a warm milk-and-water gargle, will be found sooth- 
ing and useful. The patient should remain in-doors, 
and, in bad cases, in bed. 

viii. — mumps (Parotitis). 

This complaint consists of inflammatory swelling of 
the salivary glands, especially those below the ears, fre- 
quently with pain, soreness, and difficulty in moving the 
jaws, A curious circumstance connected with this dis- 
ease is, that as the swelling of the neck and throat sub- 
sides, there is liability to swelling and tenderness of the 
testicles of the male, and the mammae in the female, 
especially when the swelling subsides suddenly, as on 
exposure to cold, or from cold applications, 

Treatment. — Mercurius is the first and chief reme- 
dy, and is generally sufficient to effect a cure. A dose 
three times daily. 



164 Affections of the Mouth, Nose, etc. 

Belladonna. — Severe pain, with a tendency to delir- 
ium ; mumps following measles, or with an erysipelatous 
inflammation. 

Pulsatilla, — Useful when the breasts or testicles are 
affected. 

Accessory Means. — The parts may be fomented 
two or three times a day with warm water, and in the 
interval, covered with a flannel bandage. The patient 
should be protected from cold, damp, or excitement. 

IX. DERBYSHIRE NECK GOITRE ( Brotichocek). 

A chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland. The 
swelling is painless, and attended with but little danger, 
unless it so increases as to interfere with swallowing and 
breathing. Women are more subject to it than men, in 
the proportion of twelve to one. It is commonly met 
with in chalky districts and mountainous countries, and 
in the latter is often associated with cretinism. 

Cause. — A specific action of water taken as a bever- 
age, from rocks of magnesian limestone. Difficult la- 
bors, uterine ailments, twists of the neck, etc., may be 
exciting causes. 

Treatment- — Spongia is the principal remedy for 
reducing the swelling ; a dose night and morning for a 
week ; then, after pausing a few days, the course may 
be repeated as often as it does good, 

Calcarea, Mer. iod., Iodine, Sulphur, etc., are remedies 
often required. We have sometimes conjoined external 
applications of the same drug as used internally with ex- 
cellent results. If indigestion or uterine disease exist, 
it should, if possible, be corrected. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



AFFECTIONS OF THE SKIN. 
(Cutaneous Diseases). 



I. — itching of the skin (Prurigo). 

This condition consists of an eruption on various 
parts of the body, sometimes nearly imperceptible, 
which occasions the irritation. 

Causes. — Rich, indigestible food, stimulating drinks, 
extreme heat or cold, a constitutional taint,chronic dis- 
ease, etc. 

Treatment. — Sulphur. — Severe itching, with dry- 
ness of the skin, worse in the evening, or in bed. This 
is a prominent remedy. A dose twice or thrice daily for 
a week. 

Carbo veg. — Obstinate cases, and when Sulphur only 
partially cures. 

Aconitum. — Feverish heat, and redness of the skin, 
and the symptoms are worse at night. 

Rhus fox. — Itching, with swelling and tingling, and 
redness. 

Arsenicum. — Itching with burning, or an eruption 
emitting a small drop of watery fluid like sweat ; chronic 
cases with constitutional feebleness. 

Calc, Merc, Hepar., and Puis., are also remedies in 
our list, sometimes required. 



1 66 Affectio7is of the Skin. 

Accessory Measures. — Medicated ointments should 
not be used, as they might transfer the disease from the 
skin to some internal organ, where it would become far 
more serious. In severe cases temporary relief maybe 
obtained by bathing the parts with alcohol and water, 
in equal proportions, or sponging the skin with a warm 
infusion made by pouring boiling water on bran. Very 
troublesome prurigo, is much benefited by a warm bath 
(see page 157), which is both soothing and curative; it 
should be taken in the evening or when the patient has 
not to be again exposed to atmospheric changes, and 
followed next morning by the wet sheet squeezed out 
of cold or tepid water, rapid drying, and friction. If 
the irritation be limited, the use of a wet compress over 
the parts will also be beneficial, although at first it may 
increase the irritation. Scratching must be avoided. 
The skin must be strengthened by daily ablutions with 
cold or tepid water — sponging, shower-baths, etc. ; also 
by regular exercise in a bracing air. Too stimulating 
food or drink, pastry, fat or indigestible articles, and 
irregular hours of meals, must be avoided. Without 
good hygienic measures, medicines will be of little per- 
manent utility. 

Itch (Scabies). — All is not itch which itches. The 
itch is a vesicular eruption produced by the presence 
of the acarus scabiei or itch mite : the insect is not found 
in the vesicle, but a short distance from it. A faint red 
line marks the course of the canal which he has bur- 
rowed from the vesicle to his place of residence. The 
eruption is found chiefly between the fingers, about the 
joints, and in the bends of the elbows ; seldom, if ever, 
on the face . the itching is much more intense after 
getting warm in bed. Sulphur should be given inter- 



Prairie Itch. 167 

nally once or twice a day, and the parts affected washed 
with a lotion of Ledum, or smeared with lard. If lard 
alone does not answer, use lard and Sulphur • as much 
flowers of sulphur as will cover a five-cent piece (nickel) 
well mixed with a tea-cup of lard. This may be well 
rubbed into the surface affected. — Dr. Shipmari s Homoe- 
opathic Guide. 



PRAIRIE ITCH SEVEN YEARS ITCH. 

This distressing ailment is very common on the prai- 
ries of the Mississippi Valley, and is thought by some 
to be caused by certain chemical substances peculiar to 
the soil of that region. The eruption appears much 
like that of the common itch — but affects the hands less 
than other portions of the body. The vesicles usually 
show themselves first upon the under surface of the 
thigh and arms. In bad or neglected cases, the whole 
surface of the body becomes more or less involved, 
covering the person with small eruptions containing 
a watery, acrid fluid which, when the intense itching 
leads to violent scratching, is discharged, and excori- 
ates the surrounding surface, soon causing a crop of 
scabby ulcers, filled with yellowish matter. The erup- 
tion sometimes affects the scalp, and the hair is filled 
with these running sores, so that the patient is rendered 
a great sufferer, and an object of disgust to all around 
him. The disease can be cured by proper treatment, 
but seems to affect the system for several years, so that 
after intervals of many weeks or even months, it will 
seem to be breaking out afresh. 

Treatment. — Hepar sulph. 6th three times daily, 
using externally a lotion of the 3rd trituration of the 



1 68 Affections of the Skin, 

same medicine dissolved in glycerine, ten grains to the 
ounce. After three days obtain the 30th attenuation 
of Hepar sulph., and give a dose morning and night. 
Cases which have been neglected until the surface of 
the body or of the head is much excoriated, are best 
treated by abundant applications of Tar ointment, be- 
sides the internal remedy mentioned above. At any 
fresh appearance of the eruption, give promptly the 
30th of Hepar. 

11.— nettle rash — hives ( Urticaria). 

Symptoms. — Similar to those produced by nettle- 
stings. There are white elevations in irregular streaks 
or wheals, especially well marked after scratching or 
exposure to cold ; much itching ; the eruption often 
disappears suddenly from one part and shows itself in 
another: the spots contain no fluid, and end in scaling 
of the skin. It is not contagious, and may trouble the 
same patient again and again. 

Treatment.- — Apis. — Urticaria with stinging or 
burning itching and much swelling. 

Ant. crud. — From gastric disturbances. 

Dulcamara, —From cold, with much stinging. 

Rhus tox. — From eating shell-fish, etc. 

Aconitum. — With feverishness. * 

Calcarea. — Chronic nettle-rash, especially in scrofu- 
lous patients. 

General Treatment. — Smearing with bacon fat 
gives great relief. Also a solution of Saleratus in water. 
A general warm bath is also very soothing and aids the 



Ulcers. 169 

cure. A dry, uniform, and moderate temperature, plain 
food, exercise in the open air, cold bathing, and great 
cleanliness, are most essential. 



IIL ULCERS SORES.* 

Ulcers may exist as the result of burns, bruises, inflam- 
mation, varicose veins, or constitutional disturbance. 

" The constitutions most liable to ulceration are those which are 
de oili cat ed by intemperance or privations, tainted with syphilis or 
scrofula, or broken down by the excessive use of mercury, or in 
which the blood is impure from inaction of the liver, skin and kid- 
neys. The parts most disposed to it are those in which circulation 
is most languid, such as the lower extremities. On this account, tall 
persons are more frequently affected with ulcers than short ones." 

Treatment. — Ulcers require great care, and many 
can only be successfully treated by a Homoeopathic 
practitioner. 

Kali bich. — Ulcers on the leg, deep, with hard bases 
and overhanging edges. 

Belladonna. — Painful ulcers, having an erysipelatous 
halo. 

Arsenicum. — Ulcers with burning pain, easily dis- 
charging blood or thin matter, and presenting a livid 
appearance. 

Ca?-bo veg. may follow, or be alternated with, Ars., if 
the ulcer have an offensive smell. 

Silicea. — Simple ulcers. 

Hep. sulpli., or Sulph., may also be required. 

General Treatment. — A little soft linen or lint, 

* For details, etc. see the " Vade Mecum." 



170 Affections of the Skin. 

wetted in cold water, placed on the sore, covered with 
oiled-silk, and lightly bound up with a bandage. Or 
Calendula lotion in the same manner. Ulcers on the 
legs require rest, the horizontal posture, and constitu- 
tional treatment. Out-of-door exercise should be taken, 
especially during recovery, but much standing, or sit- 
ting with the leg hanging down, is unfavorable. 

iv. — boils ( Funtnculi ) . 

These are inflamed, pointed tumors, painful and ten- 
der, of a deep red color, terminating in suppuration. 
Boils generally indicate a disordered condition of the 
blood, as the result of insufficient, poor, or indigestible 
food, anxiety, insufficient rest, etc. 

Treatment. — Belladonna. — An excellent remedy for 
arresting and destroying boils in their early stage. 

Hep ur sulphur. — Pain of a pulsative character, indica- 
tive of suppuration, the point of the tumor changing to 
a whitish or livid color. This medicine facilitates the 
suppurative process, and may prevent its extension 
afterwards. 

Sulphur. — To prevent a recurrence of boils. 

General Treatment. — As soon as Hepar sulphur 
is indicated, a poultice, covered with oiled-silk, should 
be applied, and over all, one or two thicknesses of flan- 
nel. As soon as the poultice gets cold it should be re- 
newed until suppuration is completed.* To prevent a 

* In " The Homoeopathic Guide " (Dr. Shipman) it is recom- 
mended to bind upcm the boil the half of a ripe tomato, which re- 
moves the inflammation quickly. When tomatoes cannot be had, 
the Tomato poultice or the Tomato cerate is used. They can be 
had of the Pharmaceutist. 



Chilblains. 



171 



recurrence of boils, attention must be directed to their 
causes. If derangement of the digestive organs be the 
cause, abstinence from seasoned dishes, pastry, sweet- 
meats, etc., is necessary ; at the same time, a generous 
diet, including animal food once a day, should be 
adopted. Correct diet, cold bathing, and recreation in 
the open air, will go far towards eradicating a predis- 
position to boils. 

v. — chilblains ( ' Pernioms ). 

Chilblains consist of a low kind of inflammation of 
the skin, generally of the hands or feet, and are attend- 
ed with itching, tingling, burning, swelling, and some- 
times ulceration. 

Chapped Hands. — This affection consists of slight 
inflammation of the skin of the back of the hands, 
which becomes cracked or " chapped." It occurs in 
frosty weather, when it sometimes gives rise to much 
inconvenience and pain. It requires similar external 
treatment to Chilblains* 

Causes. — Exposure to cold, damp, or to sudden 
changes of temperature ; constitutional tendency. 

Treatment. — Tamus communis, in nearly all cases, 
either removes the disease, or affords material relief. 
Unbroken chilblains should be painted morning and 
night with the strong Tincture of Tamus, or it may be 
used as a lotion. Should the skin be broken or ulcers 
exist, Calendula should be substituted for Tamus, and 

* The Calendula and Glycerine Jelly is a most excellent and ele- 
gant preparation for chapped hands and lips. It can be had of any 
Homoeopathic Pharmaceutist. 



172. Affections of the Skin 

applied as a lotion, or in the form of cerate. Internal 
treatment is generally required for chilblains. 

Arnica. — Hard, shining skin; pain and itching of 
the parts. At the same time the strong tincture of 
Arnica may be used externally for unbroken chilblains. 

Bellado7ina. — Inflammation, pulsative pains, fiery red- 
ness, and swelling. 

Arsenicum. — Burning pain, accompanied by ulcera- 
tion, especially in emaciated children. 

Sulphur. — Chilblains of a blue-red color, with itch- 
ing, aggravated by warmth. Also to remove the con- 
stitutional tendency. 

Accessory Means. — If ulceration takes place, apply 
poultices to the parts, or other mild applications until 
relieved. Pork, salted meats, and all irritating or indi- 
gestible articles of food, should be excluded from the 
dietary. Extremes of temperature are to be avoided, 
such as a cold stone floor, and warming the feet on a 
fender, or the hands close to the fire. After washing 
them, the hands should be well dried. The soreness 
of chapped hands may be much mitigated by wrapping 
them in a water bandage and covering them with oiled - 
silk on retiring to bed. 

vi. — -warts ( Verrucm). 

Treatment. — Thuja.— -The warts should be painted 
once or twice daily with the matrix tincture ; at the 
same time a dilution of the same medicine may be taken 
internally night and morning. The internal use of 
Thuja is especially necessary when the warts appear in 



Corns. 173 

crops. This course may be followed for a week or ten 
days, and if improvement ensues, as it almost invariably 
does, the treatment should be continued longer. If 
Thuja does not succeed, Rhus fox., may be substituted, 
and used both internally and externally in the same way. 
Sulphur, once a day for a week or two, is an excel- 
lent remedy for numerous and obstinate warts upon 
the hands. It is also useful after other medicines, to 
eradicate the predisposition. 

vii. — corns (Clavi Pedis). 

Causes. — Long continued pressure or friction, or 
both combined. 

Treatment. — If treatment is required in addition 
to that pointed out under " accessory means/' the fol- 
lowing remedies may be considered ; Calcarea, Sulph., 
Silicea. A dose of the selected remedy morning and 
night, for a week or ten days. After waiting a few 
days, if necessary, the same or another remedy may 
be administered. 

Accessory Means. — Corns can only be eradicated by 
wearing easily-fitting boots and shoes, frequently wash- 
ing the feet, and change of stockings. As soon as 
corns appear, the surrounding skin should be softened 
by a warm foot-bath, the hard head of the corn gently 
extracted with the finger-nail, or some convenient in- 
strument, and the thickened skin pared off with a sharp 
knife ; the corn should then be dressed with Arnica- 
lotion (thirty drops to a wine-glassful of water), and 
next morning a piece of Arnica-plaster, or an Arnicated 
corn-plaster, having a hole punched out of its centre, 
applied. The dressing may be repeated until the in- 
convenience is removed. 



174 Affections of the Skin, 

viii.— whitlow (Panaris). 

This is an inflammatory swelling at the end of the 
finger, with a tendency to suppuration. 

Causes. — Cutting the nail to the quick ; a bruise, 
burn, or other mechanical injury ; the introduction of 
poisonous or acrid matter into scratches on the finger ; 
unhealthy constitution. 

Treatment — Silicea. — This is one of the first arid 
best remedies for whitlow, and if administered early 
will often prevent its maturation. If necessary, at the 
same time, a warm bread-and-milk poultice may be 
applied, and the finger held in a raised position. 

Aconitum and Belladonna, in alternation, every three 
hours, if there be much pain, redness, throbbing, thirst, 
restlessness, etc. 

Hepar sulphur, every four hours, if suppuration is 
going on. 

Poultices as for Boils. 

ix.- — ringworm (Herpes circinatus). 

Symptoms. — Small round vesicles, filled with clear or 
yellow fluid, mostly on the head, at the roots of the 
hair, and on various parts of the skin. The rings or 
patches vary in. size from a shilling to that of a crown- 
piece. There is much itching, and in old-standing 
cases the whole scalp may be implicated ; but the gen- 
eral health is rarely disturbed. 

Shingles. — When ringworm encircles the waist, it is 
called Shingles or Zona. It occurs in inflamed patches 



Ringworm. 175 

of clustered vesicles in the form of a band, nearly al- 
ways on the right side of the body. 

Causes.-- -It is an epidemic affection, but ill-health, 
poor food, dark and badly-ventilated dwellings, etc., 
favor the spread and activity of the affection. 

Treatment. — Rhuslox. — Red, painful, and irritable 
skin, secreting greenish matter, and there is nocturnal 
itching. A dose every four hours. 

Sulphur. — Obstinate eruption, or when fresh places 
break out, with smarting and itching. A dose thrice 
daily for four or five days; afterwards twice daily for a 
week or two. 

Sepia, Ars.. Lye. Calc, or Hepar sulpha may some- 
times be required. 

General Treatment. — Cleanliness, and change of 
air are of great importance. When the complaint affects 
the hairy scalp, the hair should be cut short and the 
head washed with tepid water, using a little mild soap. 
The patient's towels, hair brushes, combs, sponges, etc., 
should, on no account, be used by those unaffected. 
The hair and head should be well brushed, so as to ex- 
cite the vital action of the skin by the friction. A nutri- 
tious diet is recommended; also an occasional tepid 
bath. Scrofulous, emaciated children may require a 
teaspoonful of cod-liver oil twice a day. Sudden and 
extreme changes of temperature should be avoided. 
Popular remedies — ink, tobacco-water, etc., are dan- 
gerous. 



CHAPTER IX. 

HMMORRHA GES (Losses of Blood). 



The term " haemorrhage " means the escape of blood 
from those vessels in which it is naturally contained, 
whether the discharge be external, or into one of the 
internal cavities of the body. Profuse or long-continued 
haemorrhages being dangerous, and the results, even 
after the discharge of blood has ceased, often so serious, 
it is most undesirable, except in emergencies, to trust 
to domestic treatment. In consideration, however, of 
the frequently unexpected nature of such occurrences, 
the impossibility of securing at all times the immediate 
attendance of a medical man, and the importance of 
being prepared to act promptly to afford temporary re- 
lief, we devote a short chapter on the immediate treat- 
ment of several forms of haemorrhage of most frequent 
occurrence. 

i. — spitting ( Haemoptysis ) or vomiting ( Hatmate- 
mesis) of blood, from rupture of a blood- 
vessel. 

It is not necessary here to determine whether the 
blood comes from the lungs or stomach, as the imme- 
diate treatment should be the same in either case. It 
may be stated, however, that when blood comes from 
the lungs it is of a bright red color, is discharged with 



Spitting or Vomiting of Blood. 177 

coughing, or is hfwkc'd up, and is often frothy; but 
when from the stomach, it is of a dark color, is vomited, 
and is sometimes mixed with food. Calmessand judg- 
ment are especially necessary, as the discharge of con- 
siderable quantities of blood is otherwise likely to cause 
such alarm, both in the patient and his friends, as to 
unfit them for carrying out those prudent measures 
which are necessary for recovery. 

Treatment. — Aconiiwn. — Chiefly indicated when 
flushed face, palpitation, and anguish accompany the 
haemorrhage; or for the premonitory symptoms in fre- 
quent attacks, such as shiverings, quick pulse, palpita- 
tion, etc. One drop of tincture, in a spoonful of water, 
repeated in ten or fifteen minutes, or in one, two, or 
three hours. 

For the immediate treatment, see under " Accessory 
Means." 

Arnica. — Haemorrhage from a fall, blow, or severe 
exertion. If inflammatory symptoms predominate. Am. 
and Aeon, may be administered alternately. ( Hamame- 
Us is often a better remedy.) 

Ipecacuanha. — Paleness of the face, frequent inclina- 
tion to vomit, short cough, expectoration streaked with 
blood. Often useful after Aeon., and before the admin- 
istration of China or Ars. 

China. — Chiefly required after haemorrhage for re- 
moving the consequent debility. Its chief indications 
are, frequent taste of blood, shivering, flushes, dizziness, 
feeble pulse, cold hands or feet, fainting, etc. 

Arsenicum. — Difficult breathing, extreme palpitation 
of the heart, anguish, burning heat and thirst, small and 
quick pulse. 



178 Hemorrhage. 

Accessory Means. — The patient should immediately 
lie down on a sofa or mattress, with the head and shoul- 
ders elevated. All tight-fitting articles of dress should, 
be removed, and the patient kept cool and quiet, and 
on no account be allowed to talk. There must be no 
crowding round him, no noise or confusion, and the 
room be kept cool and airy, at about 55° Fahr. No 
food is for some time admissible, and the only drink 
that can be allowed is a little cold water, or the sucking 
of ice. Should faintness occur, no alarm need be ex- 
cited, as h is often nature's method of arresting the 
bleeding. After the haemorrhage has ceased, the pa- 
tient must still be kept cool and quiet, and the diet be 
light and unstimulating, while the position of the body 
should be such as to favor the efflux of blood from the 
bleeding organ. These measures are necessary to ob- 
viate a recurrence of the symptoms. Sometimes haem- 
orrhage is vicarious, as in females, when bleeding from 
the nose or stomach takes the place of the menstrual 
discharge. In such cases the treatment should be di- 
rected to the establishment or restoration of the monthly 
period. 

Caution. — As before suggested, the general and 
medicinal hints here given are only intended for cases 
of emergency; and the patient should be placed as 
quickly as possible under the care of a Homoeopathic 
physician. 

II. — BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE ( Eptstaxis). 

Bleeding from the nose is of frequent occurrence in 
children ; a fit of sneezing or coughing, a slight blow. 



Bleeding from the Nose. 179 

severe exercise, or even the heat of summer, often 
serving as the exciting cause. Bleeding from the nose 
also occurs in the course of many diseases, or at their 
termination, and often affords considerable relief It 
should not be interfered with unless it is excessive, re- 
curs too frequently, or takes place under a weak state 
of the system. When it arises from injuries, or in pa- 
tients already reduced by disease, and is excessive, 
remedies should be given. 

Causes.— Undue fullness of the blood-vessels of the 
head ; local disease of the nostrils ; or a constitutional 
hemorrhagic diathesis. In men it frequently succeeds 
suppression of the hemorrhoidal discharge, and in 
young women it may be vicarious of the menstrual func- 
tion. Under peculiar conditions of the constitution, 
epistaxis often occurs periodically in some adult per- 
sons, and then its cessation, without judicious treatment, 
may become a source of danger. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Bleeding after being over- 
heated, or in plethoric persons, with fever, strong pulsa- 
tions of the arteries of the temples and neck, and 
full and hurried pulse. A dose every twenty to thirty 
minutes, for several times. 

Arnica. — Haemorrhage from external violence, a blow, 
fall, or excessive bodily exertion, preceded by heat and 
itching cf the nose. 

Pulsatilla. — In females, from suppressed or scanty 
monthly discharge, Pulsatilla or Bryonia, according to 
the symptoms present." 

China — If the loss of blood has been such as to 

* See " The Lady's Manual." by the Author. 



i8o Hcpjnorrhagc. 

weaken the patient, producing paleness, fainting, etc. 
A dose three or four times daily for a week or ten days. 
At the same time the food should be nourishing, and 
taken at regular hours, avoiding, of course, over-reple- 
tion. 

Accessory Measures.— So long as the haemorrhage 
continues, the patient should be kept standing, that po- 
sition favoring fainting, which, as before remarked, often 
arrests bleeding. All stimulating food and drink must 
be withheld, and every circumstance likely to quicken 
the circulation avoided. 

Cold is a most successful means of arresting haemor- 
rhage ; it may be applied to the nose or forehead by a 
handkerchief wetted in cold water, or by ice, or by the 
sudden application of cold water to the neck or back, 
or by placing a cold key or any other iron instrument 
to the spine. In these latter instances, the influence of 
cold is not restricted to the part to which it is imme- 
diately applied ; the bleeding is arrested by the sympa- 
thetic constriction of blood-vessels which it produces in 
remote parts. In most cases, however, the simple plan 
of causing the patient to raise his arms above his head, 
and holding them so for a little time, promptly arrests 
haemorrhage. 

Plethoric patients, predisposed to this complaint, or 
to congestions, should lead a temperate life, avoid 
stimulants, use frequent ablutions of cold water, and 
take moderate exercise daily in the open air, avoiding 
at the same time sudden changes of temperature. Im- 
moderate exertion and much stooping are injurious. 
Delicate persons, of spare habit, on the other hand, will 
be benefited by nourishing food. 



Bleeding from the Urinary Organs 181 

III. BLEEDING FROM THE URINARY ORGANS 

( Hematuria)* 

The source of the haemorrhage may be the kidneys, 
the bladder, the prostate gland, or the urethra. 

Causes. — Haemorrhage from the kidneys may be due 
to the irritation of renal calculi, blows on the loins, con- 
gestion resulting from scarlet fever, inflammation, and 
from such diseases as typhus, scurvy, etc. Haemorrhage 
from the prostate gland,bladder or urethra, may be caused 
by the introduction of instruments, the irritation of stone, 
venereal disease, abuse of Spanish-fly, or by the exist- 
ence of an ulcer or tumor, of which, indeed, it is often 
the first manifestation. 

Diagnosis. — Haemorrhage from the bladder may be 
recognized by the discharge taking place principally 
after the escape of urine ; and the quantity is also 
greater, and often the clots are larger and more irregu- 
lar, than when derived from the kidneys ; the severe 
pain in the lumbar region, the intimate admixture of the 
blood with the urine, and other symptoms that accom- 
pany the bleeding from the kidney, are not present. 

Treatment. — Similar remedies to those prescribed 
for " Retention of urine," which see. 

Cantharis. — Discharge of pure blood in drops, or 
copiously blended with the urine, especially when asso- 
ciated with difficulty in passing water, scalding urine, 
and spasmodic pains in the region of the bowels. 

Camphor. — If the disease has arisen from the use of 
Spanish-fly ( Canlharis ), after the allopathic method :A 
administering that poison. 

Arnica. — Haemorrhage from external violence, strains, 



i o 2 Hemorrhage 

or severe efforts. If the patient be robust, and inflam- 
matory symptoms predominate, Aconitnm may be alter- 
nated with this remedy. A dose every hour for several 
times : afterwards Arnica only, every four or six hours. 
Accessory Means. —Demulcent drinks, such as lin- 
seed-tea, gum-water, etc., may be taken in considerable 
quantities. The cold compress, covered with oiled-silk, 
over the loins, if the haemorrhage proceeds from the 
kidneys, or over the whole region of the bladder, if the 
bleeding proceeds from that organ, will mitigate the 
pain and favor a more rapid cure. 

IV. — HEMORRHAGE FROM THE WOMB — FLOODING 

( Metrorrhagia ) . 

This may occur under various conditions, many of 
which are of such an intricate character as ;o be quite 
unintelligible to non-professional readers ; indeed, it 
would require a considerable treatise to describe the 
various functional and organic derangements of the 
womb, of which haemorrhage is but a symptom. We 
will, therefore, only suggest such remedies and measures 
as may be used until medical aid can be obtained, and 
those most likely to be immediately beneficial, without 
prescribing for the removal of the cause of the haemor- 
rhage. 

Aconitum. — Heat and fevenshness, at the commence- 
ment of the discharge, or when the first symptoms are 
present ; when there is excitement, palpitation, etc., 
especially in full-blooded patients. A dose every hour 
for several times- afterwards, one of the annexed 

Ipecacuanha. — Copious flooding, and when the dis- 
charge is bright-red. 






Hicmonhavic Diathesis. 183 

Sccalc. —Discharge dark and offensive, with great 
pain, increased by movement or coughing: loss of con • 
tractive power in the uterine fibres , pale face, coldness 
of the extremities, extreme weakness. 

Arnica. — Either alone or in alternation with Aeon 
when the haemorrhage follows a fall, strain, mis-step, 
over-exertion, or mechanical injury. 

Accessory Means. The patient should lie down 
quietly on a hard mattress, and move as little as possi- 
ble ; the mind be kept calm, and order and Quietness 
maintained in the apartment. In very urgent cases, 
cloths saturated with cold water should be suddenly 
applied to the vaginal orifice. 

Bleeding from the Rectum, see " Hemorrhoids ' 
and " Dysentery." 

V. — HEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS 

In some patients a predisposition to haemorrhage 
exists which appears to be hereditary, and is designated 
the hemorrhagic diathesis. This condition probably 
consists in defective contractility of the arteries, which 
may also be fragile or soft from diseased processes, and 
so are unable to resist the forces of the circulation, 
especially in congestion ; and of loss of coagulability 
of blood, from a defective or altered character of the 
fibrine, the chief agent in coagulation, and of some 
change in the red corpuscles. Hence the most trivial 
wound bleeds almost uncontrollably, and even life may 
be jeopardized by a slight injury or surgical operation. 
The hemorrhagic diathesis may not in all cases be 
hereditary, but caused by diseases of internal organs, 



184 Hcemanhage. 

such as the liver and spleen, which exert a deleterious 
influence upon the constituents of the blood. The 
knowledge of the existence of such a diathesis is most 
important, as it would materially modify the medical 
and surgical treatment of the patient. The use of 
Hydrate of chloral as an anaesthetic and sedative, which 
has become so common of late, has led to dangerous 
results, on account of its seeming to destroy the coagu- 
lability of the blood after long-continued use, so that 
patients employing it are in great danger from even a 
slight wound, or any cause of haemorrhage. 






CHAPTER X. 

ACCIDENTS* 



I. WOUNDS. 

Wounds of the soft parts are of four kinds. — Incised, 
made by clean cutting instruments ; punctured, the 
depth exceeding the breadth, such as stabs ; lacerated, 
the parts being torn and the lips of the wounds irregu- 
lar ; and contused, or bruised, the surface being broken. 

Treatment. — The following are the chief points : 

i st. To arrest the bleeding. In most cases, the eleva- 
tion of the part, keeping the bleeding surface upper- 
most, the application of cold, moderate pressure, and 
the coaptation of the edges of the wound after cleaning 
them, will suffice. A Calendula f lotion will serve to 
arrest haemorrhage, and check suppuration. In severe 
wounds involving arteries, the parts should belaid open 
by a surgeon, and the wounded vessels ligatured. See 
also further on. 

2nd. The removal of ' fo?-eign bodies. — Dirt, hairs, glass, 
clots of blood, etc., should be speedily removed by the 
fingers, forceps, or sponge and water. 

3rd. To bring the injured parts into nice apposition. — 

* For ampler details of treatment, and other accidents not in- 
cluded in this manual, consult the Author's " Vade Mecum of 
Modern Medicine and Surgery." 

f See Materia Medica, " Calendula!' 



1 86 Accidents. 

Any muscular fibres likely to prevent complete union 
should be relaxed or divided, and after the sides of the 
wound have been accurately adjusted, they must be kept 
so by strips of adhesive plaster, first applied to that side 
of the wound which is most moveable, and then secured 
to the other. But, in extensive wounds, where plaster 
would be insufficient, sutures (stitches) should be em- 
ployed. 

4th. To promote adhesion. — To secure this, the part 
should be kept at rest, and, if the injury be severe, the 
patient should remain in bed. 

5th. When a wound is dressed, say once in every 
twenty-four hours, a rag should be wetted with warm 
water, and laid over the dressing, so that it may be 
removed without the risk of disturbing the surfaces 
which may have partially united. Often the lotion may 
be renewed by removing the oiled-silk only, and pour- 
ing a little lotion on the rag or lint, by means of a spoon, 
and then replacing the oiled-silk. 

6th. To control dangerous bleeding, as from a sharp 
cutting instrument. If the blood flows in a steady 
stream, and is dark colored, it is from a vein, and can 
generally be checked by applying cold water, and ex- 
posing the cut surface to the cold air. But if large veins 
be wounded, they should be compressed with the fingers, 
or by a bandage. A few thicknesses of linen, with 
steady compression, are more efficient than heaping on 
a large quantity. If the blood is b}'ight-red, and flows 
in jets, it is arterial, and the same means must be 
adopted as just pointed out, unless the bleeding is ex- 
cessive, in which case a handkerchief should be tied 
round the limb, near the wound, and between it and the 



Bruises, 187 

heart ; a stick inserted under the handkerchief, and a 
firm compress over the course of the blood-vessel ; the 
stick should then be twisted until it stops the circula- 
tion, and, consequently, the bleeding. But such means 
are only temporary, as wounded arteries of size require 
to be ligaturedhy a surgeon before bleeding can be per- 
manently arrested. If no surgeon can be obtained, a 
clever manipulator should grasp the wounded artery 
with a pair of forceps, and draw it slightly and gently 
forward, so that it may be securely tied by means of a 
strong ligature of silk, 

7th. Should a wound or bruise be followed by con- 
stitutional disturbance, fever, chills, and throbbing in 
the parts, internal medicines should be administered. 
Arnica (as prepared for internal use) and Aconitum will 
generally meet the requirements of such cases, and 
should be administered every one to three hours in al- 
ternation for several times. 

Belladonna. — A few doses, if the injured part is very 
painful and swollen. 

Hepar sulph., when suppuration is established. 

Silicea, if the suppuration is unhealthy. 

11. — bruises (Contusions), black eye, etc. 

Treatment. — In the less severe form of bruises, 
which alone comes under domestic treatment, the ob- 
ject should be to excite as speedily as possible the ab- 
sorption of extravasated blood. The bruised part should, 
if practicable, be raised, and a warm Arnica lotion (one 
part of the tincture to ten of water) applied by means 
of lint saturated with the lotion, covered with oiled- 



1 88 Accidents, 

silk, and secured by a bandage. A black eye may gen- 
erally be prevented by Arnica lotion, applied immedi- 
ately after the injury. 

in. — CUTS. 

Treatment. — A moderate-sized cut requires nothing 
more than the bringing together of the edges of the 
gaping wound, and maintaining them so by narrow 
strips of strapping plaster ; then, if necessary, the appli- 
cation of lint, saturated with Calendula lotion* covered 
with oiled-silk, and a bandage over all. In two or three 
days the plaster should be removed without disturbing 
the union, and replaced by new. See also the section, 
"Wounds." 

IV.— SPRAINS. 

Treatment. — The chief point is to keep the parts at 
perfect rest, by means of a roller nicely applied, and to 
control the motions of the joint by a splint. In some 
cases the application of rags, saturated with Arnica or 
Rhus-lotion, and covered with oiled-silk, will hasten the 
cure. 

When the pain and swelling subside, the joint may 
be partially liberated, and gentle motion allowed ; but 
the greatest care must be observed for several weeks in 
using the limb, as the injury may easily be reinduced, 
and then the cure becomes difficult and tedious. 

V. FATIGUE AND OVER-EXERTION. 

If the feet are swollen or blistered, or the ankles ache 
* See Materia Medica, " Calendula? 



Burns and Scalds. 189 

after walking, a warm foot-bath may be used, to which 
a teaspoonful of the strong tincture of Arnica is added, 
the relief afforded being immediate and permanent. If 
the hands or wrists ache from excessive or unaccus- 
tomed exertion, they may be bathed in about a pint of 
water, to which twenty or thirty drops of Arnica have 
been added. If necessary, in one or two hours, the 
application may be repeated. In muscular fatigue from 
long-continued, or short but severe, exertion, affecting 
the hips, thighs, etc., a hip-bath, to which a drachm of 
the strong tincture of Arnica has been added, is an ex- 
cellent remedy. The patient should remain in the bath 
about five minutes. Whatever kind of bath is used, and 
to" whatever part applied, it should be warm if used in 
the evening or immediately after exertion, but cold in 
the morning. Apart from the external use oi Arnica, 
that remedy should always be taken internally, as it has 
a wonderful therapeutic effect in such cases. 

VI. BURNS AND SCALDS. 

Severe injuries from burns or scalds, especially those 
implicating large surfaces, are very dangerous, and often 
fatal. The subjoined treatment has reference only to 
slight cases. 

Treatment. — A most important object to be attained 
is to cover the injured parts with some suitable material 
that will exclude atmospheric air, and which should not 
be removed till the cure is complete. The following 
are the local applications most frequently used : 

Carbolic Acid and Olive Oil. — One part of the Acid (as 
prepared for medicinal uses) to six parts of Olive Oil, 



190 Accidents, 

Is found to be invaluable in most cases, slight or severe. 
It is cleaner, more easy of application, and more sooth- 
ing than most other remedies. One layer of lint put on 
at first should never be removed ; this should be kept 
saturated by the removal of outer layers from time to 
time. When the wound is healed it is easily and com- 
fortably dispensed with. As a domestic remedy, it is 
recommended always to be kept ready for burns and 
scalds, just as Arnica, Calendula, etc., are kept ready 
for other kinds of accidents. 

Flour or Starch. — In the event of the above not being 
at hand, the burnt surface may be first moistened with 
Cantharides-lotion (five drops to an ounce of water) ; 
then fine wheaten flour or finely powdered starch should 
be uniformly and thickly applied by an ordinary dredger, 
so as to form a thick crust and exclude the air. It 
should be repeated when any portions fall off. 

Having selected the local remedy, the points of great- 
est importance are, its immediate application to the burn, 
the complete exclusion of atmospheric air, and the 
changing of the dressings as infrequently as possible, 
not, indeed, until they have become loosened or foetid 
from the discharges. A complete change of dressing 
often causes pain, depression, and the detachment of 
the new skin, and so retards the cure. 

If, after the removal of the first dressing, ulcers exist, 
Calendula or Glycerine cerate will be a most suitable 
application. If there is much discharge, it should be 
carefully and frequently removed, and the parts kept 
as cleanly as possible. 

Internal treatment, except in slight cases, is always 
necessary, and must be suited to the part injuied, its 



Broken Bones. 191 

extent, and the constitutional symptoms present. As 
a general rule, Aconitum, early, does good, by allaying 
febrile symptoms, mitigating pain, and moderating re- 
action. 

vii. — broken bones (Fractures). 

A few words on broken bones seem necessary in this 
manual, as a surgeon is not always immediately accessi- 
ble, and it is necessary to be prepared to act till surgi- 
cal attendance can be had. 

Symptoms. — A fractured or broken bone may gen- 
erally be detected by having felt it snap ; there is also 
some deformity, such as bending or shortening, and if 
the upper end of the bone is held firmly by the hand, 
the lower part may be moved independently ; also if 
the broken ends are rubbed against each other a grating 
noise (crepitus) may be heard. There will, further, be 
pain, loss of power of the broken part, and other symp- 
toms. Fracture is said to be simple when there is no 
wound of the skin. Compound when there is such a 
wound. 

Causes. — Mechanical violence is the most frequent ; 
but muscular contraction is sometimes a cause. Old 
age, paralysis, and some other diseases, and prolonged 
disuse of a limb, render bones very liable to fracture 
from trifling causes. 

Immediate Treatment. — The patient must be 
moved gently, and special care taken to prevent the 
broken bones being forced through the flesh and skin. 
He should be placed on a stretcher or litter, and taken 
to his home or to a hospital. A litter may be made of 



192 Accidents. 

a couple of poles and a horse-cloth or sack ; even a 
door or hurdle may serve the purpose. Placed on this, 
and carried by two men, is much better than removing 
him in a cart or carriage. It is important not to 
be in a hurry, as an injury is often greatly aggravated 
by carelessness or too hurried measures. When a sur- 
geon is within a moderate distance, after making the 
patient as comfortable as possible, it is better to wait a 
little, so that he may superintend the moving. 

If there is a wound in the skin and much bleeding, 
see "Wounds," page 185. 

When the patient has been placed on a firm bed or 
mattress, and the injured part examined, the surgeon 
will bring the broken ends of the bone into close appo- 
sition, and in their natural form, and having done so, 
maintain them in perfect contact, and at rest, till firm 
union has taken place. To maintain the proper shape 
and length of the limb, bandages, splints, and various 
apparatus are required. Beyond the mere management 
of such accidents, however, till he arrives, a surgeon 
only can treat such cases. 

A broken leg should be fastened to the whole one 
by handkerchiefs at the ankle, and above and below the 
fracture, before the patient is removed. 

Fracture of the arm requires the immediate sup- 
port of a sling, which may be made by a handkerchief 
fastened round the neck. 

Broken ribs require a flannel bandage, about two 
hands broad, round the chest, and having shoulder straps 
to keep it up. A rather tight-fitting bandage lessens 
the movement of the chest in breathing, and is a great 
comfort. 



Rupture and Strangulated Hernia, 193 

viii. — rupture (Hernia) — and strangulated 

HERNIA. 

Nature. — Rupture is a protrusion of some portion 
of the intestines through the walls of the abdomen, 
causing a swelling. If such a portion of the intestine 
becomes constricted in any way, so that the contents 
of the bowel cannot pass onwards, and the circulation 
of blood is impeded, it is said to be strangulated. 

Symptoms. — A painful, tense, and incompressible 
swelling ; flatulence, and colicky pains ; obstruction ; 
desire to go to stool, and inability to pass anything, 
unless there be any faecal matter in the bowel below 
the rupture. If relief is not obtained, inflammation 
sets in, with vomiting, extreme pain, small wiry pulse, 
etc. ; and, finally, mortification, with cessation of pain, 
and death. 

Causes. — Weakness of the abdominal walls from dis- 
ease, injury, or congenital deficiency ; violent exertion, 
as in lifting ; immoderate straining, as in passing urine 
through a stricture, or in relieving the bowels. 

Treatment. — Lose no time in trying to push the 
tumor back into the abdomen, as the patient lies with 
his legs drawn up, and the hips raised. If not quickly 
successful, lay the patient on a board, placed so as to 
form a steep inclined plane, so that the patient's feet and 
hips are very much higher than his head ; he should be 
firmly held in this posture by an assistant, when, by 
pressure on the swelling, and often without any, the 
bowels will fall towards the chest, drawing with them 
the constricted portion. If the rupture resists these 
measures ; the best surgeon within reach should be im- 
9 



194 Accidents. 

mediately sent for. To prevent a recurrence a suitable 
truss should be worn, and it is important that the truss 
should be exactly adapted to the case, if possible under 
instructions of a physician. 

ix. — POISONS. 

When it is known that a deleterious substance has 
been swallowed, as arse?iic and other mineral poisons, 
opium, poiso7ious fish, alcohol, etc., vomiting should be 
immediately excited, by tickling the back of the throat 
with a feather or with a finger, and if this fails, by the 
administration of an emetic. The following is a conven- 
ient emetic : mix a teaspoonful of mustard in a tea- 
cupful of warm water, for a child, or a dessert-spoonful 
in a breakfast-cupful of water, for an adult. This may 
be repeated as often as necessary, and followed by 
copious draughts of warm water, so as to empty the 
stomach as completely as possible. 

The treatment of cases of poisoning must, however, 
be considerably modified according to the nature of the 
poison, and a medical man should be summoned im- 
mediately, while the temporary measures before sug- 
gested are resorted to. 

X. DROWNING. 

No time should be lost. The two points to be aimed 
at are — immediately to restore breathing, and, next, 
warmth and circulation. The mouth should be cleansed, 
the tongue drawn forwards, the patient placed on the 
back, with the head and shoulders a little raised. Take 



Drowning. 



195 



hold of both arms above the elbows, and draw them 
gently and steadily upwards above the head, and keep 

Fig. 1. — Inspiration. 




them stretched whilst you count, one, two. See figure 1. 
This is inspiration, or filling the chest with air. 

Fig. 2. — Expiration. 




Then turn down the patient's arms, and press them 
gently and firmly against the sides of the chest while 



196 Accidents. 

you count, one, two. See figure 2. This empties the 
chest of air. 

Repeat these movements about fifteen times in a 
minute, until natural breathing takes place. 

Next try to promote circulation. Rub the limbs up- 
wards with firm pressure, to favor the return of blood 
to the heart. 

Promote warmth by the application of hot flannels, 
hot bottles wrapped round with flannel, heated bricks, 
or by any means at hand, to the pit of the stomach, the 
arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the 
feet. If the services of a second person are available, 
the processes should be performed simultaneously. 



CHAPTER XI. 

MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES. 



I. ACUTE RHEUMATISM RHEUMATIC FEVER. 

Symptoms. — This disease sets in with general febrile 
disorder, followed by the attack of acute inflammation 
of the fibrous structures of one or more of the larger 
joints — the shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle, etc. The af- 
fected joints are swollen, tense, slightly reddened, very 
painful, and the pain so increased by movement that a 
patient says he has lost the use of the limb. The skin 
is hot, but covered with a sour sweat, having an offen- 
sive odor ; the pulse is round and full ; the urine turbid ; 
but the head is unaffected. Palpitation, and continued 
pain in the heart, are unfavorable symptoms. The in- 
flammation is liable to metastasis from one joint to an- 
other, or to other fibrous structures, as the pericardium, 
the valves of the heart, etc. (See also under " Gout.") 

Muscular Rheumatism is variously named ; when the 
muscles on one or both sides of the loins are affected, 
and the pain is increased by movement of the back, it 
is termed Lumbago (see next section) ; when the region 
of the hip joint, following the course of the sciatic nerve 
to the knee, or even to the foot, Sciatica ; when the 
muscles of the chest, False Pleurisy ; when the neck 



198 Miscellaneous Diseases. 

Crick in the Neck, etc. The treatment, however, is 
nearly the same- in the different varieties. 

Causes. — Exposure to cold and wet ; sudden sup- 
pression of perspiration ; and especially evaporation 
from wet clothes, causing chill. It occurs most often 
in young people, from twenty to thirty years of age, or 
younger. Joints which have been sprained, long and 
excessively exercised, or otherwise injured, are particu- 
larly prone to suffer. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Acute rheumatism, chief- 
ly at the commencement; violent shooting or tearing 
pains, aggravated by touch ; swelling and redness of 
the affected parts; impaired appetite; high-colored and 
scanty urine, and other febrile symptoms. A dose 
every second or third hour. 

Bryonia. — Lancinating or stitching muscular pains, 
worse on movemeitt or touch ; rheumatism affecting the 
muscles of the chest, causing catching or painful 
breathing (false pleurisy ). 

Rhus tox. — Pains worse during rest, or on first moving 
the limb, but relieved by continued movement ; deep, 
tearing, or bruised pains ; rheumatism from getting wet, 
aggravated by damp or cold weather. 

Mercurius. — Puffy swelling of the affected parts ; the 
pains seem to be in the bones, and are worse with 
warmth and at night ; prof use perspiration without relief. 

Colocynth. — Lacerating, stitching pains, affecting the 
nerves, as Sciatica and Tic-doloreux ; rheumatic-gout. 

Pulsatilla. — Wandering rheumatism j rheumatism re- 
lieved by cold ; sensation of torpor in the limbs; pale 
face; diarrhoea, etc. 

Sulphur. — Rheumatism in scrofulous patients ; and 






Chronic Rheumatism. 199 

after other remedies, to complete the cure ; also as an 
intercurrent remedy in obstinate cases. 

Dose and Repitition. — See page 46. 

Accessory Means. — During the fever, the patient 
should remain in bed, and the diet be restricted to water, 
milk-and-water, barley-water, gruel, etc. Warm baths, 
or hot compresses, are both useful and comforting. 
Wet-packing (see page 33) of the whole body, or of the 
affected parts, according to circumstances, is a most 
useful adjunct.* 

CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. 

Chronic rheumatism requires similar remedies to the 
acute form, Bry. and Rhus being the chief Bry. when 
the joints are mostly affected and all movement is pain- 
ful ; Rhus when the pain is worse during rest, but re- 
lieved by continuous motion. Merc, may also be re- 
quired. Persons liable to it should wear flannel and 
warm clothing generally, and avoid damp and cold. 
Warm salt-vapor or hot-air baths are useful. After the 
use of warm bathing, cold should be gradually tried, as 
it tends to prevent subsequent attacks. Friction, with 
Ai'nica or Rhus Liniment, are beneficial, especially in 
local and limited forms of rheumatism. Errors in diet 
should be guarded against, as attacks are very likely to 
follow derangement of the digestive organs. 

* Where medical treatment does not give the desired relief, the 
best resort is gal"anism, either by the application of the current 
from a suitable battery, or by wearing the Voltaic bands and soles. 



200 Miscellaneous Diseases. 

II. LUMBAGO PAINS IN THE LOINS. 

See page 197. 

Aconitum. — Sudden and acute cases, especially in 
alternation with Rhus. 

Rhus tox. — Chronic lumbago; pains worse during 
repose, and at night ; lumbago from getting wet. 

Bryonia. — Intense pains, causing the patient to walk 
stooping, increased by movement or a draught of air, 
with shivering or biliousness. 

Arnica.- — From over-lifting, a sprain, or a blow on 
the loins. 

Liniments, medicated with the same remedy as ad- 
ministered internally, rubbed into the affected parts, 
are very useful. 

hi. — gout (Podagra). 

The ancient name of this complaint, podagra — foot 
pain — indicates the parts usually first affected. 

Causes. — Gout generally occurs in elderly gentlemen 
who live luxuriously, and suffer much from heartburn y 
and other symptoms of acid dyspepsia. The predispos- 
ing cause is often heriditary. 

Distinctions between Gout and Rheumatism : 

1. Gout rarely occurs till about or after the middle 
period of life ; rheumatism attacks the young. 

2. Gout chiefly affects the small joints — the metatar- 
sal joint of the great toe ; rheumatism the large joints. 

3. Gout is often associated with chalk-stones (urate 
of soda) ; rheumatism is not. 

4. Gout is decidedly heriditary; rheumatism is less so. 



Palpitation of the Heart. 201 

5. Gout is not attended with profuse acid sweats; 
rheumatism is. 

6. Gout is often the punishment of the luxurious and 
indolent; rheumatism is the lot of the hard-working 
and the exposed. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Fever symptoms, espe- 
cially at the commencement and in plethoric patients. 

Nux vomica. — Attacks traceable to stimulants, luxu- 
rious living, with indigestion or irregular action of the 
bowels. 

Bryonia. — Gout implicating the chest, or with bilious 
symptoms ; pains increased by movement. 

Ant. C7'ud. — Nausea, white-coated tongue, with in- 
crease of pains after food. Gouty nodes. 

Colch. and Ledum are also recommended. 

Accessory Means. — Flannels wrung out of hot 
water, or spongio-piline after immersion in hot water, 
often do good. 

Preventive Treatment. — The patient should be 
well nourished, but the consumption of animal food 
diminished, and the tendency to acidity of the stomach 
guarded against by avoiding pastry, greasy food, twice- 
cooked meat, raw vegetables, and stimulants. Moderate 
and regular exercise in the open air, and the sponge- 
bath every morning. 

iv. — palpitation of the heart ( Palpitatio cordis). 

In a normal condition we are scarcely sensible of the 
heart's beat; when, however, its pulsations become 
much increased in force or frequency, the unpleasant 
sensation known as palpitation is experienced. 



202 Miscellaneous Diseases. 

Causes. — The predisposing are, nervous tempera- 
ment, hysteria, a full habit, and diseases of the heart. 
The exciting causes are, excessive joy, long-continued 
anxiety, grief, fear, or other mental emotions ; severe 
exertion, excessive use of tea, coffee, and other stimu- 
lants ; profuse discharges from the body ; menstrual 
derangements, etc. 

Treatment. — The subjoined hints are intended 
for simple cases, unconnected with organic disease; of 
the heart. If possible, palpitation should always be 
treated by a physician. 

Aconitum. — Palpitation from excitement, or in pletho- 
ric patients, with anxiety, coldness, numbness of the 
extremities, or a sensation as if the heart ceased to 
beat ; short and hurried breathing ; hot and flushed face. 

Belladonna. — Oppression, tremor, palpitation ex- 
tending to the neck and head ; congested face. 

Gelseminum. — Nervous palpitation. 

Spigelia. — Palpitation attended with pain at the heart. 

Ignatia. — Palpitation caused by long-continued, si- 
lent grief. 

Coffea. — Wakefulness and nervous restlessness ; pal- 
pitation from sudden joy. 

Chamomilla. — Palpitation from passion. 

Opium. — Palpitation caused by fright, with drowsi- 
ness and labored breathing. 

Pulsatilla. — Hysterical symptoms, and in females, 
suffering from deranged period. 

Administration. — During a sudden attack, a dose 
every twenty to thirty minutes, as the symptoms decline, 
or in mild cases, every three, six or twelve hours. 

Accessory Measures. — The causes should be 



Wetting the Bed. 203 

avoided. Pure air, cold water internally and externally, 
moderate exercise, a contented disposition, and light, 
nourishing, and regular diet, are excellent auxiliaries. 

v. — incontinence of urine (Enuresis). 

In this disease there may be partial or entire loss of 
power to retain the urine in the bladder, with frequent 
urging. 

Causes. — Paralysis of the muscular fibres which 
surround the neck of the bladder, from injuries, tedi- 
ous and protracted labors,* the pressure of tumors, 
calculous deposits, syphilitic diseases, the irritation of 
worms (see the next section), etc. 

Treatment. — Cantharis. — Acute inflammation of 
the urinary organs, with irresistible desire to urinate, 
and discharge of only a few drops of bloody and acrid 
urine. 

Gelseminum. — Involuntary urination from a relaxed 
or paralytic condition of the neck of the bladder. 

Mercurius. — Incontinence traceable to a cold, or to 
syphilis. 

Nux vomica. — Urine retained with difficulty, or 
passed involuntarily, from irritability consequent on 
the use of alcohol. 

Aeon.) Bell.) Calc, Lye., and Sulph., are also reme- 
dies in our list often required. 

Dose^ etc., see page 46. 

vi. — wetting the bed (Nocturnal Enuresis). 

Causes. — Irritation of worms ; too large a quantity 
of fluids, especially if warm, and taken towards even- 

*For urinary difficulties in pregnancy, see " The Lady's Homoe- 
opathic Manual." 



204 Miscellaneous Diseases. 

ing ; improper food or drink, giving rise to acrid urine; 
constitutional weakness. 

Treatment — One or more of the following reme- 
dies. It is often obstinate, and requires professional 
treatment. Aeon., Bell., Gels., Calc, Canth., Cina, Nux. 

Cina. — Enuresis from the irritation of worms, 

Belladonna. — Irritability of the urinary organs, with- 
out any irritating property in the urine, especially in 
delicate and too sensitive children. 

See also the preceding article and the Materia Medica. 

Accessory Means. — All salty, and very acrid arti- 
cles, malt liquors, spirits, tea and coffee, should be 
avoided. Meat may be eaten in moderate quantities, 
\ but little fruit, and no flatulent food. Milk-and-water, or 
cocoa, may be taken in the morning, but nothing hot to- 
wards night. Cold water and mucilaginous drinks may 
be taken in moderation, as they diminish the sharpness 
of the urine. The patient should sleep on a hard mat- 
tress, take exercise in the open air, and have shower- 
baths or daily ablutions with cold water. The whole 
process of ablution, including drying with a large towel, 
should not occupy more than five or six minutes. 

vii. — retention of urine (Strangury). 

This, the opposite condition to the former, often 
arises from similar causes, and requires nearly the 
same remedies. It is a symptom of many diseases, is 
often extremely painful, and in many cases life is jeop- 
ardized. The treatment should, therefore, if possible, 
be confided to a Homoeopathic physician. 

Treatment. — Aconitum. — Inflammatory symptoms, 
often m alternation with some other remedy. 






Spermatorrhea . 205 

Camphor. — Spasms at the neck of the bladder, espe- 
cially if caused by Cantharides (a drop on a piece of loaf 
sugar every fifteen minutes for three or four times). 

Cantharis. — Urging to pass water, with cutting and 
tearing pains. 

Nux vomica. — Painful, ineffectual efforts to urinate, 
from the use of wine or spirits, and for spasmodic stric- 
ture. 

Sulphur. — Cases complicated with piles. 

Arnica. — Retention from mechanical injury, or the 
irritation of calculi. 

Accessory Means. — The introduction of the cathe- 
ter, so often resorted to under the old treatment, is fre- 
quently superceded by the more efficient remedies we 
employ ; still it may be necessary in some cases, but 
requires professional skill. External applications, such 
as warm baths, hot or cold cloths, fomentations and in- 
jections, will greatly aid the medicines in restoring the 
functions of the parts, if there is not organic disease. 
Relief may often be obtained by directing the patient 
to step sudde?ily, with naked feet, on to the cold floor, 
or into cold water The diet must be sparing, and in 
severe cases restricted to demulcent drinks, such as 
gum-water, barley-water, and gruel. 

A simple, and often successful method, is to plunge 
the hands deeply into cold water, and move them about 
as in the act of wading. « 

VIII. SPERMATORRHEA INVOLUNTARY EMISSIONS. 

In the preceding editions of this manual, the subject 
of this section has been incidentally mentioned under 
one or two medicines in the Materia Medica, and in 



206 Miscellaneous Diseases, 

the twelve years that have now elapsed since the first 
edition was published, the author has been consulted by- 
many hundred persons, in various parts of the kingdom, 
suffering from seminal weakness, proving that the evils 
of this affection are wide-spread as well as serious. The 
author's correspondence with patients leads him to 
conclude that the disease is much overlooked or under- 
rated by medical men generally ; although, probably, in 
some cases his treatment has been adopted from an in- 
disposition to consult personally a medical man in the 
patient's neighborhood on such a subject. 

Causes. — The discharge alluded to generally occurs 
as the result of a bad habit — self- abuse, either accident- 
ally acquired, or learned from associates, especially in 
schools, and continued under the influence of a mor- 
bid imagination, and often in ignorance of the conse- 
quences of the vicious practice. Other causes may be, 
morbid condition of the urethra, or of the rectum ; 
sexual excesses frequent excitation of the sexual pas- 
sion ; irritation from worms, piles, horseback exercise, 
etc. ; disease of the brain or spinal marrow, etc. 

Effects. — The effects of spermatorrhoea are — de- 
pression of spirits, often very marked ; loss or weakness 
of memory and other senses ; indigestion, with oppres- 
sion after food, flatulence, headache, etc. , sunken eyes, 
and loss of the healthy tints of the lips and face, the 
patient looking older than his years. If indulgence in 
the habit has been long continued, the effects, which 
need not be here particularized, are more serious and 
general. Happily, a course of judicious treatment is 
sufficient in nearly every case to effect a cure. 

Treatment. — The treatment, both medical and 



Spermatoi'rhxa. 207 

hygienic, must be varied in almost every instance, and 
includes all available methods for establishing the con- 
stitutional strength, soothing local excitement and irri- 
tability, and forming healthy habits both of the mind 
and body. 

The Medical treatment involves the administration of 
Homoeopathic remedies (only two or three are des- 
cribed in this work — China, Phosphorus, etc.), the selec- 
tion and the dose of which can only be determined by 
the local and general symptoms of individual cases. 
An important feature in the medical treatment should 
be the correction of any concurrent affection with which 
the patient may suffer. 

The Hygienic treatment involves influences of wide 
extent, and associated with the commercial, social, and 
moral relationships of the patient, such as occupations, 
recreations, books, meals, sleep, bathing, and mental 
and moral discipline. The management of these sev- 
eral points must be regulated according to the exigen- 
cies of each case, and involve details which cannot be 
described here. 

Preventive Treatment. — Measures for preventing 
the precocious development of the sexual instincts or 
keeping them in subordination, are pointed out in the 
author's Vade Mecum of Medicine and Surgery. 



mvt im. 



CINCISE MATERIA MEDICA. 



In this chapter we have only pointed out a few of the 
leading indications for the use of about forty remedies 
— including those in the list, page 43, and a few others 
which are very useful. Many, such as Aeon., Nux vom., 
Ars., Sulph., etc., are termed polycrests, or many-healing 
remedies — medicines possessing curative power in 
many diseases. For a fuller description of each the 
reader is referred to larger works. 

In prescribing for so many complaints from such a 
limited list of remedies, it is necessary to remark that 
the Homoeopathic Materia Medica includes several 
hundred medicines ; domestic practitioners, therefore, 
who restrict themselves to these thirty or forty must not, 
in cases of failure, conclude that they have exhausted 
the resources of Homoeopathy, nor despair of hope 
when so wide a range of appliances is available to the 
professional man. 

I. ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 

The English names of this plant are — Wolfsbane, 
because it proves exceedingly poisonous to wolves, and 
Monkshood, because its beautiful blue flowers resemble 



Aconitum Napellus. 209 

the hood which monks used to wear. " This medicine," 
says Hempel, " constitutes the back-bone, as it were, 
of our Materia Medica ; " there being scarcely an acute 
disease in which it is not more or less required. 

The prominent uses of Aconitum are as follows : 
Chiefly at the commencement, and often in the course, 
of all feverish and inflammatory affections. Its special 
indications are — thirst, and dry, hot skin ; chills and 
shiverings, succeeded by burning heat ; strong, rapid 
pulse ; restlessness, anxiety, flushing of the face ; pain ; 
quick or labored breathing; dry cough, with fever; 
deficient, hot, and high-colored urine ; first stage of 
cold-in-the-head, etc. It probably surpasses all other 
known remedies in its power of controlling the circula- 
tory system, and triumphantly supersedes the lancet 
and the leech. " To enumerate," says Dudgeon, "the 
diseases for which it is suitable would be to mention the 
acute inflammation of every possible order and tissue 
of the body ; and if it be not for all of these the sole 
remedy, it is almost always useful either previous to, or 
in alternation with, another remedy which has perhaps 
a more specific relation to the part affected." Had 
Hahnemann's labors extended no further than the dis- 
covery and demonstration of the wide and inclusive 
curative power of this great remedy, they would have 
entitled him to the gratitude of countless myriads of his 
fellow-creatures in every succeeding generation. He 
most appropriately ranks it as first and foremost in his 
Materia Medica, not because its name begins with the 
first letter of the alphabet, but because of its transcend- 
ant power and extended sphere of action; he terms it 



210 Concise Afateria Medica, 

a precious plant, whose efficacy almost amounts to a 
miracle. 

II. ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM. 

The beneficial action of this remedy is chiefly re- 
stricted to affections of the mucous membrane and the 
skin, and more especially when those surfaces are con- 
currently diseased. 

The mucous membrane both of the stomach and vthe 
alimentary canal is loaded with mucus, producing eruc- 
tations, foul, bitter, or tasting of the food ; nausea, and 
sometimes vomiting ; fcetid flatulence ; loss of appetite ; 
constipation, alternating with diarrhoea ; mucous dis- 
charge from the anus ; secretion of tenacious mucus, 
with much hawking for its removal; milky-white 
tongue; slow digestion, with drowsiness, loss of strength, 
etc. It is an excellent remedy in that morbid condition 
of the intestinal canal which favors the production of 
worms. 

Skin. — Pimples or blotches ; rough irregular erup- 
tions on the nose or cheeks ; tubercular eruptions about 
the roots of the beard ; scald-head, with unhealthy, co- 
herent crusts ; sore eyelids or ears, parts easily becom- 
ing sore ; ill-conditioned, unhealthy appearance. 

III. ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM. 

The chief sphere of action of this medicine lies in the 
mucous membranes, the skin, and in the lungs. In large 
doses it produces a kind of catarrhal inflammation, be- 
ginning in the lining membrane of the throat, and ex- 
tending to the trachea and bronchial tubes, and even 



Arnica Montana. 211 

exerting its irritant influence on the lung tissues them- 
selves. We should, therefore, expect that Tartar E?netic 
would prove a valuable remedy in certain kinds of in- 
flammation involving these parts. Experience has 
amply justified this expectation, and in catarrhal croup, 
bronchitis, and pneumonia, it has proved a most useful 
remedy. 

On the skin it produces a pustular eruption resem- 
bling that of small-pox ; it also produces the vomiting, 
and that peculiar alteration of the blood, which are 
characteristic of small-pox. As it might be supposed, 
then, Ant. tart, has been found a remedy of the first 
importance in this disease, and, if timely used, scarcely 
requires the aid of any other medicine. The vomiting 
to which this remedy is homoeopathic is nervous and 
sympathetic rather than gastric, and is attended by 
nausea, cold and pale skin, and great prostration. 

IV. APIS MELLIFICA. 

Rapid swelling (oedematous) of various parts ; erysipe- 
las, with great oedema ; nettle-rash^ and itching-stinging 
eruptions, with swelling; stings; hoarseness and dry 
cough, with urinary difficulties ; frequent urging and 
inability to pass water; dropsy after scarlet-fever; etc. 

V. ARNICA MONTANA. 

Its chief uses are — in affections resulting fiom in- 
juries ; tingling of the skin ; convulsive and spasmodic 
affections, lock-jaw, active discharges of blood, vomit- 
ing and spitting of blood, and other complaints result- 



212 Concise Materia Medica. 

ing from bruises, falls, etc. ; severe concussions, such as 
often occur in railway accidents, or in the hunting field, 
without leaving external marks of violence ; pains, sup- 
posed to be rheumatic, from long, heavy, physical toil ; 
concussion of the brain ; immediate treatment after 
operations and childbirth ; rheumatic pains ; stitch-in- 
the-side ; fatigue ; chilblains, with hot swelling and 
tingling; swelling of the breast ; soreness of the nip- 
ple , etc. 

External Use. — The chief uses of this agent are 
for the following conditions : Bruises, concussions, in- 
cisions, fractures, sore nipples, after extraction of teeth, 
etc. — The discoloration, stiffness, swelling, and soreness 
consequent on bruises by blows or falls, may be almost 
entirely prevented by the prompt use of this remedy. 
Its striking and rapid remedial effects, however, depend 
greatly upon the promptitude with which it is applied 
after the injury. 

Formula. — A lotion may be made by mixing from ten 
to twenty drops of the strong tincture in about half a 
teacupful of water ; the bruised parts should be bathed 
with this lotion, or linen cloths saturated with it applied 
and covered with dry cloths or oiled-silk, to prevent its 
evaporation. Generally, the administration of Arnica 
as prepared for internal use, will hasten the cure. 

Caution. — In some constitutions the application of 
Arnica-lotion produces a very troublesome eruption 
closely resembling erysipelas. For such constitutions, 
Rutagrav. or Hama7jtelis virg. is a safer remedy. 

VI. ARSENICUM. 

Cold, influenza, asthma, bronchitis, with difficult ex- 



Belladonna. 



213 



pectoration, wheezing breathing, etc. ; fevers — inter- 
mittent, typhoid, and putrid, with great thirst, debility, 
etc. ; diseases marked by depressed and almost exhausted 
vitality ; cholera, in the more violent forms of the dis- 
ease ; diseases in the stomach and bowels, especially 
when accompanied with great prostration or burning 
pains • severe vomiting, diarrhoea with watery, green or 
dark, burning stools ; skin-diseases, particularly those 
of a scaly nature ; eruptions about the mouth and other 
parts, attended with burning, and the discharge of a 
thin, watery fluid ; old or obstinate ulcers, with burning 
or itching, or with a bloody, thin or foetid discharge ; 
and dropsical complaints, 

VII. BELLADONNA. 

This medicine almost ranks in importance with 
Aconite in inflammatory diseases, characterized by bright- 
redness of the parts, pain, intolerance of light and sound, 
and other symptoms of the head. It is often required 
after Aconite, or in alternation with it, in inflammation 
of the eyes, with dilated pupils, dread of light, etc. ; 
sore throat with redness and sense of rawness ; tooth- 
ache with throbbing, and congested face ; complaints 
marked by congestion in the head, or attended with con- 
vulsions, neuralgia, and delirium. Affections of the 
brain and nervous system ; eruptive fevers, especially 
simple scarlatina (for which it is often specific) and ery- 
sipelas (not vesicular) ; violent headache, especially 
frontal, with throbbing and redness, aggravated by 
movement ; rheumatic inflammations with hot swell- 
ings, swollen glands ; etc. Its power in preventing at- 



214 Concise Materia Medica. 

tacks of epidemic scarlatina, as well as of curing that 
disease, has not only been asserted by Hahnemann and 
Hufeland, but has been abundantly established by facts. 

VIII. BRYONIA. 

Pleurisy ; pneumonia j dry, severe cough, with a sen- 
sation of tickling under the breast-bone ; cold-in-the- 
chest ; stitches, and shooting pains in the chest, acutely 
increased by coughing, a deep inspiration, or even 
movement ; derangements of the liver and bowels ; 
lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism of the joints, and all 
rheumatic affections in which the pain is aggravated by 
movement ; bilious headaches, rheumatic fever, jaundice, 
etc. The prominent gastric symptoms are — water 
brash ; bitter or sour risings ; pressure on the stomach, 
or sensation as if a stone were there ; and constipation 
from inertia of the bowels. An irritable state of temper, 
and a gloomy depression of spirits, are additional indi- 
cations for Bryonia. 

IX. CALCAREA CARBONICA. 

This remedy is chiefly used in scrofulous, rickety, and 
tuberculous affections. — Glandular swellings of the neck 
and abdomen; eruptions around the eyes, and agglu- 
tination of the lids ; difficult or delayed dentition, with 
heat and swelling of the gums ; deafness, with snapping 
and roaring noises in the ear, and chronic disease of 
the ear; chronic diarrhoea; incipient consumption of 
the bowels : swelling of the mesenteric glands ; cough, 
with foetid or bloody expectoration, or difficult breath- 



Homoeopathic Tincture of Camphor. 215 

ing ; obesity, from a lax condition of the tissues, or, on 
the other hand, emaciation j diseases of females, when 
the menses appear too soon and are too abundant j ster- 
ility ; leucorrhoea ; chronic headache, worst in the morn- 
ing, from mental fatigue ; also in inveterate and obsti- 
nate diseases of the bones (rachitis) and skin. As a 
general rule, Calcarea is best adapted to affections of 
women and children, and to chronic diseases. 

x. — calendula officinalis (Marigold.) 

This remedy exerts a most favorable influence in 
promoting the union of wounds with the least resulting 
scars, and with the smallest amount of suppuration. 
Cuts, whether accidental or inflicted in operations, or 
injuries, in which the flesh is much torn, and which do 
not heal without the formation of matter ; wounds 
penetrating the joints ; etc. In all such cases it is 
much preferable to Arnica, especially in constitutions 
having a tendency to erysipelas. It controls haemor- 
rhage (but to a less extent than Hamamelis), and re- 
lieves the severest pains attending accidents. 

XI. CAMPHOR, HOMCEOPATHIC TINCTURE OF. 

This remedy is valuable in the invasive stage of influ- 
enza (when its administration will often terminate this 
complaint) ; derangements in general with chilliness and 
shivering ; malignant cholera, in the incipient stage of 
the disorder ; excessive, sudden prostration of the ner- 
vous system from any cause ; fainting and dizziness ; 
cramps in the arms, legs, or abdomen ; severe purging. 



216 Concise Materia Medica. 

" It is antidotal to almost all the drastic vegetable 
poisons; relieves strangury ( difficult passage of urine ) \ 
procures reaction from cold, congested conditions; is 
the great anti-choleraic ; and quiets nervous irritability 
sometimes better than Coff., Ign., or Hyos. This is its 
whole clinical value, and a great one it is — in a nut- 
shell." ( Holcombe). In sudden attacks, two drops may 
be taken on a small piece of loaf-sugar, and repeated 
every fifteen or twenty minutes, for three or four times ; 
in cholera, four drops, administered in the same man- 
ner, every ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes. The strong- 
est — Rubinis— preparation is the best. In consequence 
of its volatile properties, it must be kept separate from 
all other homoeopathic remedies. 

XII. CANTHARIS. 

Affections of the urinary organs ; pain in the loins ; 
scanty, scalding, and even bloody urine; tenderness 
about the bladder ; strangury ; suppression of urine 
from acute congestion ; etc. 

External Use. — In burns and scalds with threat- 
ened or actual blisters ; for lotion — ten drops of the 
strong tincture to a tea-cupful of water. Cantharidine 
pomade, is good for recent falling off of the hair after 
illness, etc. 

XIII. CARBO VEGETABILIS. 

Affections of the digestive organs, with oppression 
after eating ; flatulent distension of the stomach, with 
acidity or heart-burn ; burning and contractive pain 
and emission of fcetid flatulence j a burning sensation in 



Peruvian Bark. 217 

the lower bowel ; tendency to diarrhoea ; piles ; worms ; 
toothache, with spongy or ulcerated gums ; hoarseness, 
loss of voice, and sensitiveness to variations of weather ; 
chronic nettle-rash ; itching and burning of the skin ; 
unhealthy, burning, foetid ulcers. Carbo Vegetabilis 
counteracts the injurious consequences of Mercury and 
Quinine. 

XIV. CHAMOMILLA. 

Chiefly in diseases of children and women, affecting 
the nervous, biliary, and uterine systems. Convulsions, 
arising from teething, anger, or pain in the bowels; 
neuralgia, with tearing, dragging, and lancinating pains ; 
toothache, the pains being worse at night, tearing and 
stitching, with swelling of the cheeks, and a feeling as 
if the teeth were elongated ; difficult dentition, when one 
of the cheeks is red and hot, the gums swollen and sen- 
sitive, the child irritable, and convulsions are indicated ; 
diarrhoea of children, from cold or teething, when the 
stools are watery, slimy, green, or yellow, and preceded 
by cutting pains ; dentition-fever, with crossness, rest- 
lessness, and irregular circulation, one cheek being hot, 
the other cold ; catarrhal cough of children, with 
hoarseness and rattling of mucus in the throat. The 
action of this remedy upon the sexual system of women 
is very marked, especially in dysme?iorrhcea, and in va- 
rious derangements during pregnancy ; after-pains. 
Also for the consequences of passion, and when pains 
seem to be intolerable, owing to the extreme sensitive- 
ness o f the patient. 

XV.— CHINA PERUVIAN BARK. 

Weakness with easy perspiration, consequent on ex- 



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haustive discharges — loss of blood, diarrhoea, prolonged 
nursing, sexual excesses, etc. ; consequences of inter- 
mittent and other miasmatic fevers, purgatives, mer- 
cury, broken rest, etc. It is homoeopathic to many forms 
of fever of a. periodical type ; debility marked by disposi- 
tion to sweat, especially exhausting night-sweats ; diar- 
rhoea, especially summer-diarrhcea, with or without 
pain, and when the discharges are slimy, bilious, or 
mixed with undigested food, and very offensive ; loss of 
appetite ; bilious taste ; flatulence ; jaundice ; enlarge- 
ment of the spleen, with a dirty-yellow complexion ; 
debilitating seminal emissions (spermatorrhoea) from 
sexual vices, with undue excitement of the sexual in- 
stinct, in patients weak, low-spirited, and dyspeptic. 

XVI. — CIMICIFUGA {or ACTiEA) 'RACEMOSA. 

Rheumatic affections, chiefly of the left side, especially 
when there are uterine difficulties or irregularities ; 
" nervoitsness ;" pains in the left side below the breast 
in females ; pain in the lumbar region ; crick-in-the- 
back ; headache, with aching-pain in the eyeballs ; pal- 
pitation of the heart ; sinking at the stomach (not of 
gastric origin) ; amenorrhcea, dysmenorrhoea, and men- 
orrhagia ; disorders of pregnancy and the critical age ; 
etc. 

XVII. — CINA. 

Homoeopathic to the condition which produces intes- 
tinal parasites, and to affections arising from their irri- 
tation ; especially thread-worms, indicated by picking 
the nose, grinding the teeth, convulsions and spasms, 






Cuprum. 2 1 9 

voracious appetite, alternating with poor appetite, itch- 
ing at the seat, diarrhceic motions, discharge of worms, 
wetting the bed (enuresis), cutting pains in the abdomen, 
hoarse, hollow cough in children, and other symptoms 
from inverminous affections. 



XVIII. COFFEA. 

This remedy is chiefly used for morbid sensitiveness 
and irritability of the nervous system, especially when 
following tidings of a joyous character ; fretfulness and 
wakefulness of children ; nervous toothache ; almost in- 
supportable pains during or after labor ; nervous suffer- 
ings of highly excitable children or hysterical women. 

XIX. — COLOCYNTH. 

This drug has not a wide range of action, and is 
chiefly prescribed for colic of a griping, flatulent charac- 
ter, with diarrhceic evacuations ; neuralgia, sciatica, etc. 

xx. — CUPRUM. 

Derangements of the nervous system, characterized 
by cramps, convulsive movements, etc. : St. Vitus' dance ; 
epilepsy, with violent convulsions, paleness of the face, 
dizziness, and great debility; general nervous affec- 
tions accompanied by spasm and emaciation ; cramps 
and vomiting of cholera ; extreme pain in the bowels, 
with prostration, sallow complexion, and vomiting; 
some cases of hooping-cough ; etc. 



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XXI. DROSERA. 



Hooping-cough, with suffocative symptoms, vomiting, 
or bleeding from the nose, especially when the "whoop" 
has become fully developed, and after the use of Ipe- 
cacuanha and Belladonna ; also in spasmodic cough gen- 
erally, with a tickling sensation in the throat, vomiting, 
or wheezing breathing, and a feeling of suffocation. 

XXII. DULCAMARA. 

Various affections — such as cold in the head, nausea, 
catarrh of the bladder, mucous diarrhoea, etc. — result- 
ing from exposure to damp or a thorough wetting; 
itching and stinging eruptions on the skin, and other 
conditions following a cold. If taken immediately after 
exposure to damp, Dulcamara will often entirely prevent 
the ordinary consequences of a cold. 

XXIII. GELSEMINUM SEMPERVIRENS. 

This drug, one of the new American Remedies, has a 
sphere of action apparently midway between that of Aeon. 
and Bell, in some respects. On the nervous system, it is 
useful in — nervous shiverings without chilliness ; excite- 
ment of hysteric patients; languor, etc., from night- 
watching; neuralgic face-ache, with twitchings of the 
muscles near the affected part ; spasmodic croup, when 
Aeon, fails or the brain is involved ; simple sleepless- 
ness of children, or from mental excitement. In scar- 
latina it is useful when Aeon, and Bell, fail to bring out 
the eruption bright, especially in young children ; also 



Hepar sulphur is, 221 

in this and other fevers when there is a tendency to 
remittency. Weakness of sight, v ith dimness or double 
vision, with dull heaviness in the head, and dizziness ; 
palpitation of the heart ; pure nervous toothache — Gels. 
may be applied locally; many ailments of children 
during teething, as sleeplessness, pain with sudden out- 
cries, spasm of the glottis, etc. ; wetting the bed ; acute 
pain in the muscles, from over-exertion ; etc. 

XXIV. HAMAMELIS. 

Varicose veins ; hozmorrhage from veins j painful and 
bleeding piles; tendency to haemorrhage from various 
parts ; vicarious menstruation ; dysmenorrhcea from 
disease of the ovaries ; discoloration, as from a bruise. 

External Use. — Ham. is sometimes a good sub- 
stitute for Arn. when the latter does not agree with the 
patient. It is a good application for bleeding piles, 
etc. One part of the strong tincture to four of water. 

XXV. — HEPAR SULPHURIS. 

This is a compound of Sulphur and Calcarea, and 
has points of resemblance to each, influencing the skin 
like Sulphur, and the glands like Calcarea. It has also 
an action differing from either of these remedies sepa- 
rately. It is chiefly prescribed in inflammatory affec- 
tions of the windpipe and air-passages, — croup, wheezing 
breathing, hoarseness ; consumptive cough, etc. ; also 
for scrofulous, enlarged glands discharging matter ; ab- 
scesses ; scald-head ; salivation and other consequences 
resulting from large doses of Mercury. Like Silicea, 
but to a less extent, it favors the suppurative process. 



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i 

XXVI. IGNATIA. 

This remedy is especially valuable for the conse- 
quences of grief in persons, females particularly, of a 
highly sensitive temperament, who often change from 
high spirits to a low state of despondency ; nervous 
headache ; hysteric, convulsive, or spasmodic disorders, 
consequent on grief, disappointment, or ill-humor, with 
the sensation of a ball rising in the throat (globus hysteri- 
cus) ; nervous affections of girls at puberty, and' of 
women at the critical period ; also some of the symp- 
toms of hypochondriasis in the male sex ; convulsive 
affections of infants and children from worms ; pro- 
lapsus ani; etc. 

XXVII. IPECACUANHA. 

Chiefly used in affections of the respiratory and diges- 
tive organs. Spasmodic, suffocative cough, ,vith tick- 
ling in the throat, sometimes with nausea, vomiting, 
bloody expectoration, or bleeding from the nose ; 
spasrno die -asthma, especially at night • hooping-cough, 
during the spasmodic stage, with rattling breathing; 
hay-fever, and some varieties of bronchitis. Derange- 
ments of the digestive organs, characterized by simple 
nausea and vomiting, with or without diarrhoea ; colic, 
with loose, fermented, or dysenteric stools, especially 
in children. Hcemorrhage from various organs, the 
blood being bright-red, with anxiety, pale face, vomit- 
ing, etc. 

XXVIII. KALI BICHROMICUM. 

Ajfections of the mucous membranes and the skin. On 
the respiratory mucous lining it has great power, espe- 



Mercurius. 223 

cially in chronic bro7ichitis, with much tough, stringy 
mucus, difficult to expectorate ; cough, with wheezing, 
difficult breathing ; chronically ulcerated throat ; hoarse- 
ness ; chronic catarrh; membranous croup ; polypus of 
the nose. It is curative in catarrhal and strumous oph- 
thalmia, and in syphilitic affections of the eye. In the 
digestive tract it is valuable in chronic dyspepsia, with 
heartburn, eructations, nausea, thickly-coated, yellowish 
tongue, bitter taste, etc. An additional indication for 
its use is a simultaneous affection of the respiratory and 
digestive mucous membrane. Affections of the skin, 
within the sphere of the action of this remedy, are 
chiefly pustular eruptions, ulcers of the legs, (see also 
Calendula as an external remedy), especially of a syphi- 
litic character, and pimples on the face. 

XXIX. LYCOPODIUM. 

Chronic affections of the digestive organs, which are 
atonic ; pain, sensitiveness, or distension of the abdo- 
men ; water-brash ; chronic constipation ; gravel and 
stone ; moist eruptions ; scald-head ; glandular swell- 
ings ; rheumatic complaints ; scrofulous ulcers ; loss of 
hair. 

XXX. MERCURIUS. 

There are various preparations of Mercury used by 
Homoeopathic practitioners, but in this manual we have 
chiefly referred to two, as under : 

1 st. — Mercurius Solubilis. — The following are a 
few of the morbid conditions for which this remedy is 
prescribed : Glandular affections, with swelling and 



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sometimes suppuration ; sore throat, with swelling, pain, 
difficulty in swallowing, and ulceration ; profuse flow 
of saliva from the mouth, with a foetid odor ; thrush ; 
cancrum oris ; toothache from decay, with aching, tear- 
ing pains, extending to the temples and glands, and a 
tendency to gum-boils ; jaundice, yellowness of the skin 
and of the whites of the eyes ; ophthalmia j agglutina- 
tion of the eyelids ; ulcers on the cornea ; discharge 
from the ears, soreness, deafness ; diarrhoea, frequent 
desire to relieve the bowels, preceded by chilliness, 
with green-, clay-, or various-colored, slimy and offen- 
sive evacuations, especially the diarrhoea of infants and 
children ; torpid liver, with deficient secretion of bile, 
as shown by pale, foetid, and costive stools, dull pain 
in the right side, poor appetite, and dejection of spirits ; 
long round worms ; syphilitic and scrofulous swellings 
of the glands in the groins; gonorrhoea j syphilitic ul- 
cers, etc. Two marked symptoms indicating this 
remedy are, aggravation of the pains and general symp- 
toms at night, and profuse perspirations that afford no 
relief. 

2nd. — Mercurius Corrosivus. — Dysenteric affec- 
tions, with tenesmus (straining), burning pains in the 
abdomen, and discharge of blood and mucus ; cirrhosis ; 
scrofulous, rheumatic, and syphilitic ophthalmia j gonor- 
rhoea, in the first stage, with sharp pain on urinating; 
syphilitic eruptions, etc. 

XXXI. NUX VOMICA. 

This remedy is suited to functional gastric derange- 
ments from a depressed condition of the nervous sys- 



Nux Vomica, 225 

tern, especially the following : Constipation, with ineffec- 
tual desire for stool ; constipation alte?mating with relaxa- 
tion, the action being "inharmonious and spasmodic j " 
waterbrash, heartburn, flatulence, the symptoms being of 
a spasmodic character ; headache, with giddiness, flushed 
face, constipation, and other symptoms dependent on 
gastric conditions ; acute indigestion, with nausea and 
violent vomiting, headache, trembling hands, and other 
affections following intoxication. Chronic congestion 
of the liver ; spasmodic asthma ; dry coryza ; irritable 
bladder, and spasmodic stricture, from abuse of alco- 
hol. The pains which point to Nux arise from spasm, 
and not from inflammation. It is especially valuable in 
affections resulting from sedentary habits, too close 
brain-labor, want of out-of-door recreation, anxiety and 
business cares, night-watching, the use of tobacco, in- 
dulgence at table, and from the use of alcohol. It is 
best adapted to persons of spare habit, firm fibre, and 
of energetic, irritable, or hypochondriacal disposition, 
with tendency to irregular action of the bowels, and 
piles. The symptoms come on or are worse early in 
the morning, and are increased by taking food, or by 
mental effort. 

xxxii. — OPIUM. 

Obstinate constipation, from paralytic obstruction, or 
want of peristaltic action of the intestines ; lead colic ; 
paralytic retention of urine; recent affections from 
fright, or sudden violent emotions ; apoplectic conditions, 
with stertorous (snoring) breathing, and slow and full 
pulse ; typhus fever, with sleepiness, listlessness, and 
partial retention of urine ; general mental and physical 
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torpor. As may be inferred from the last indication, 
Opium is often useful in that nervous insusceptibility in 
which remedies, although clearly indicated, fail to effect 
improvement ; in such cases, Opium often restores the 
lost nervous impressionability, and places the patient in 
a condition to be benefited by the appropriate remedy. 

XXXIII. PHOSPHORUS. 

This remedy is chiefly valuable in affections of the 
lungs, and in long-continued, exhausting diseases, of 
which the following is an epitome : Pneumonia, espe- 
cially in children ; chronic bronchitis, with consider- 
able constitutional irritation ; hoarseness ; dry cough, 
or cough with expectoration of mucus, sometimes with 
blood ; chronic cough ; phthisis (consumption), in which 
it is of signal use, moderating the cough, diarrhoea, and 
congestion of the lungs ; chronic wasting diarrhoea, and 
hectic ; chronic inflammation of the stomach and bowels ; 
atrophy of the liver, and other hepatic affections ; ma- 
lignant jaundice ; fatty degeneration, in any part ; typhus 
and other fevers, with atonic condition of the brain, and 
want of vital reaction ; also physical and nervous weakness 
from loss of animal fluids, especially from sexual excesses 
and self -abuse, 

XXXIV. PODOPHYLLUM. 

Adapted to diseases of children while teething ; 
worm diseases. Softness of the flesh, with debility, in 
children. Moistness of the skin, with preternatural 
warmth. Sallowness of the skin, in children. 



Pulsatilla. 227 

Sleepiness in the day time, with rumbling in the 
bowels. Too heavy sleep at nignt, restless sleep of 
children. 

Fever, attended with constipation. Giddiness and diz- 
ziness, with a sensation of fullness over the eyes. Roll- 
ing of the head during difficult dentition, in children. 
Perspiration of the head during sleep, with coldness of 
the flesh while teething. 

Grinding of the teeth at night during dentition. 

Satiety from a small quantity of food, followed by 
naus«a and vomiting. Loss of appetite. Gastric af- 
fections attended by depression of spirits, rumbling in 
the abdomen, sensation of heat in the bowels, accom- 
panying the inclination to go to stool, — cramp-like pain. 
Constipation, with flatulence and headache. Diarrhoea 
immediately after eating or drinking. White slimy 
stools, cholera infantum. Frequent chalk-like stools, 
which are very offensive, with gagging and excessive 
thirst, in children. Hot, watery stools. Copious evacu- 
ations, with blueness under the eyes. Diarrhoea of 
children during dentition. Falling of the bowel. (Dr. 
G. E. Shipman.) 

XXXV. PULSATILLA. 

Mucous dyspepsia, with thickly-coated, rough tongue, 
nausea and vomiting of bile, mucus, or of a bitter, sour 
fluid, with diminished or altered taste ; indigestion from 
fat, pork, pastry, or other rich food ; mucous diarrhoea, 
with little pain, chiefly at night; heart-burn. It assists 
in cleansing the tongue, moderating the catarrh, and 
checking the diarrhoea in measles, chicken-pox, reynitient- 



228 Concise Materia Me die a, 

fever, and other diseases of children. In the respiratory 
mucous membrane it is chiefly useful in catarrhal affec- 
tions and sub-acute bronchitis, with much mucous dis- 
charge. Pulsatilla is much used in profuse lachryma- 
tion, agglutination, twitching, styes, and other affections 
of the eyelids, especially of a sub-acute character and in 
scrofulous persons. Deafness from catarrh, or follow- 
ing measles, with noises in the ears ; earache of chil- 
dren, with purulent discharge. Varicose veins, and em- 
barrassed venous circulation, especially during preg- 
nancy. In gout and rheumatism, it is chiefly indicated 
when the attacks are sub-acute, and the pains shift from 
one part to another. The most remarkable property, 
however, of this remedy is its action upon the female 
sexual system, as in tardy, scanty, or suppressed men- 
struation ; leucorrhcea; false, delayed, or deficient labor- 
pains; retained placenta (after-birth); excessive after- 
pains ; suppression of the lochia, and a deficient secre- 
tion of milk. Administered some time previous to la- 
bor, it facilitates that process. It is also useful in 
swollen testicle, and other affections of the male organs. 
Generally, however, Pulsatilla is more suited to the fe- 
male sex, or rather to persons of gentle disposition, of 
fair complexion, easily excited to laughter or weeping, 
and with a tendency to relaxation rather than constipa- 
tion. 

XXXVI. RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

This remedy is chiefly used in Rheumatism, and in 
affections of the skin. Rheumatism, sub-acute and 
chronic, worse during rest, and on first attempting to 
move, but relieved after a little movement ; lumbago, 



Spongia. 229 

especially after the use of Aconite ; rheumatism ; sciatica; 
paralysis, partial or complete, especially from exposure 
of the back to damp and cold ; vesicular (eruptions like 
little bladders) erysipelas; chicken-pox; ringworm; 
shingles ; scald-head ; etc. 

External Use. — Rhus is an extremely valuable 
remedy as an external application in sprains, injuries to 
ligaments, tendons, joints and the membranes investing 
the joints. Also in extensive superficial burns. The 
stings of insects, old chilblains, and sometimes warts, 
are relieved or cured by its use. 

xxxvii. — SILICEA. 

Scrofulous ulcers ; glandular and lymphatic swellings : 
affections of bones (rickets) ; housemaid's knee ; ring- 
worm ; scalded head ; corns ; whitlows ; foetid smell of 
the feet ; leucorrhcea, etc. It is most suited to chronic 
diseases, and to those which involve organic rather than 
functional changes. 

Silicea is remarkable for its power over the absorbent 
and exhalant vessels, especially those of the joints, 
sheaths of tendons, etc. It promotes the kindly sup- 
puration of abscesses of all kinds, with good or bad pus, 
and tends to moderate suppuration when it is excessive. 

XXXVIII. — SPONGIA. 

We have inserted this remedy in our list, not because 
it is in very frequent demand, but because it ought to 
be at hand whenever required. 

Its grand use, alone, or more generally in turns with 



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Aeon., is in croup, especially in the earliest stage, when 
it will frequently terminate an attack in a short time. 
It is also useful in dry, hard, barking cough, worse at 
night ; in hoarseness, with dry cough and obstructed 
breathing; in croupy cough, such as frequently pre- 
cedes or follows croup ; in goitrous enlargements ; etc. 

xxxix.— SULPHUR. 

This drug has a specific action upon the skin, and 
less so upon the mucous membranes ; in a minor de- 
gree it affects all parts of the animal economy. In af- 
fections of the skin it is indicated by an irritation or 
itching, which yields an agreeable sensation on scratch- 
ing, and is aggravated by the warmth of bed ; eruptions, 
chiefly papular, but sometimes vesicular ; boils, pre- 
ventively and curatively ; chilblains ; whitlows ; scald- 
head, and in many scrofulous affections. Sulph. is strictly 
homoeopathic to boils, since it is well known that they 
often result from the excessive use of this drug, as in 
drinking sulphur waters. " I know a lady," says Dr. 
Hughes, " who accompanied her husband to Harro- 
gate ; and, although herself in good health, joined him 
in drinking the waters. When she returned home, she 
came under treatment covered with boils." 

In affections of the mucous tract, Sulph. is chiefly 
required in those of the eyes, the urethra, and the rec- 
tum, as in strumous and catarrhal ophthalmia : incon- 
tinence of urine ; chronic gonorrhoea ; prolapsus of the 
womb; burning and itching of the anus ; piles and 
chronic constipation. 

Sulphur is often of service in arousing dormant ner- 



Antidotes. 231 

vous energies, so as to render the system susceptible 
to the action of medicines indicated. Opium has a like 
property. 

XL. — VERATRUM ALBUM. 

It is very useful in autumnal diarrhoea, when vomit- 
ing is superadded to the purging. English and Asiatic 
cholera ; diarrhoea and painful gripings ; violent vomit- 
ing and purging, short of that sudden deadly collapse 
which indicates Arsenicum. Cramps in the bowels or 
limbs ; headache with vomiting ; cold sweat and cold- 
ness of the whole body ; black vomit ; great weakness 
and convulsions ; vomiting during pregnancy. It is 
often beneficial in the convulsive stage of hooping-cough. 

XLI. VERATRUM VIRIDE. 

Fever, with severe headache and brain-symptoms, rapid 
pulse, and sickness ; remittent fever of infants ; the in- 
vasive stage of scarlatina, measles, etc., with head- 
symptoms as above ; erysipelas, especially the vesicular 
variety : here it may also be applied externally — thirty 
drops of the strong tincture to half-a-pint of water ; 
congestion of the head during teething ; pneumonia ; 
etc. Inflamed corns, bunions, etc., may be touched 
with the strong tincture. 

ANTIDOTES. 

In the event of an over-dose of any of the above 
medicines having been administered, two drops of the 
strong Tincture of Camphor, or a strong infusion of 
Coffee, will arrest any unpleasant consequences. 



Hart IV. 
CLINICAL DIRECTORY. 



The object of the Clinical Directory is to enlarge the 
utility of this manual by prescribing for numerous dis- 
eases and conditions, arranged alphabetically, that could 
not otherwise be included in the work, and to give at a 
glance some of the leading remedies that the author, 
and many other practitioners, have found valuable. 

To use this portion intelligently, a knowledge of 
Materia Medica is essential, as it is only intended to 
refresh the memory of the initiated ; it will, however, be 
found of great service if consulted in connection with a 
good Materia Medica. 

As far as can be, the remedies are arranged in the 
order of their importance, or in that in which they are 
most likely to be required. This cannot, however, al- 
ways be taken for granted ; indeed, in some cases, our 
brief list may not include the true homoeopathic remedy 
at all. Individuality and idiosyncrasy may greatly 
modify the choice. The perfection of prescribing lies 
in its concentration of attention on individuals, and of 
bringing into the focus of thought, as it were, the mor- 
bid symptoms and signs present, with the various cir- 
cumstances of parentage, habits of life, proclivities to 



Clinical Directory. 233 

diseased action, and any peculiarities which may affect 
the patient. 

Finally, as a set-off to many short-comings in this 
Directory, we take the liberty of adding that it consists 
of prescriptions that have been largely tested and amply 
confirmed by clinical (bed-side) experience. 

*.{.* The contractions alt., int., and ext., signify alternately wit/i, 
internally, and externally respectively. 



CLINICAL DIRECTORY. 



ABSCESS: Acute — Bell, or Aeon. alt. Hep. s. ; Merc, iod., Ars. 
Chronic — Sil., Calc., Sulph., Phos. 

Mammary — Bry. (for the earliest symptoms) ; Bell. alt. Hep. s. ; 
Phos. (chronic cases) ; Merc., China. 
ACID DYSPEPSIA (Heartburn): Carb. v., Bry.,~Nuxv. ; Lye. 
(in elderly persons) ; Puis. 

AFTER-PAINS : Sec, Coff., Puis., Arn., Cham., Gels. 

AGUE : Chin, or Quin. ; Ars. (chronic) ; Phos. ac, Cedron ; Nux 

v. or Ipec. (muck gastric disturbance), 
ALOPECIA (loss of hair) ; From PREVIOUS ILLNESS, GRIEF, 

etc. — Phos. ac, Ign., Calc, Sil., Chin., Canth..ext. in pomade. 
From Mercury — Carb. v., Hep. s. 
With Frequent Headache — Fluor, ac, Nit. ac, Phos., Sep., 

Sulph., Calc. 
ALCOHOL : Effects of excessive use of — Nux v., Opi., Ars. ; 

Ant. t. (gastric irritation). 

AMAUROSIS (complete or partial loss of vision) \ Bell., Euphr., 

Hyos., Gels.. Nux v., Chin. 
AMENORRHCEA (absence of the monthly period) \ Puis., Sep., 

Coni. (chronic) ; Ferr. (with anosmia) ; Senecio, Sulph. 
ANAEMIA (deficiency or poverty of blood ) : Ferr., Chin., Phos. ac, 

Ars., Sil. 
ANGER : Effects of — Cham., Aeon., Hyos., Coloc 
ANGINA PECTORIS (breast-pang) : Ars., Dig., Samb., Verat, 

Cact., Lach., Verat. vir., Strych. 
ANKLES: Swelling of — Ars., Chin., Bry., Phos., Ferr., Apis. 

Also rest. 
Weakness of — Calc, Phos., Sulph., Sil. 
ANUS : Itching of — Sulph., Nit. ac. ; Cin., Ign., or Merc. 

(from worms) ; Ars., Aeon, (burning itching with dryness) ; 

Sulphurous Acid ext. 
Prolapsus of — Ign., Nux v., Podoph., Merc. 



Clinical Directory. 235 

ANXIETY, CARE, GRIEF, etc.: Effects of— Ign., Aur., 

Nux v., Phos. ac, Puis. 
APHONIA floss of voice) : Aeon. ; Caust. f catarrhal) ; Baryta 
c., Phos., Merc. ; Ign. or Bell, f hysterical). 
Chronic — Kali bich., Hep., Phos., Carb. v., Caust., Merc. 
APHTHAE f Thrush)'. Borax int. and ext. ; Merc, Ars., Sulph. ; 

Sulphurous Acid Spray (1 part to 12 of water). 
APOPLEXY : Aeon., Opi., Bell., Glon.. Nux v. 

Predisposition to — Strict temperance in eating and drinking ; 
avoidance of excitement, heated rooms, etc. 
APPETITE : Loss of— Chin., Nux v., Puis., Rhus, Ars., Ferr. 

Voracious or Depraved — Calc, Cin., Nux v., Sil., Verat. 
ASCARIDES: See THREAD-WORMS. 
ASCITES f dropsy of the abdomen) : Ars., Apis, Dig., Chin., 

Lyco. 
ASTHMA : Ars., Aeon., Ipec, Lob., Euphr., Caust. 

Of Children — Samb., Ipec, Ant. tart., Ars., Cupr. 
ATROPHY f voasiing) : lod., Calc, Sulph., Phos., Ars., Puis. 

From Worms — Cin., Merc, Ant. crud. 
BACKACHE f Lumbago) : Aeon. alt. Rhus tox. (acute) ; Bry., 
Cimic, Lye 
From Exertion — Am., Rhus, Bry. 
From Painful or Irregular Period — Bell., Puis., Sec,Cocc, 

Plat. ; Chin, or Ign. f spinal irritation). 
From Sfinal Irritation — Chin., Ign., Nux v., Gels. 
BALDNESS: See ALOPECIA. 
BARBER'S ITCH : Ant. tart., Cinnab., Ars. 

BED-SORES : Calend. f external use) ; also Calend. or Arn- 
plaster. In bad cases the patient should be placed upon a 
water-bed. 
Prevention of — Washing the parts exposed to pressure morn- 
ing and evening with tepid water ; and, after drying with a 
soft towel, a little glycerine or glycerine-cream should be 
rubbed evenly over the part. This is one of the best preventives 
of bed-sores. When there is much redness, and the skin is 
unbroken, a little diluted alcohol or brandy -should be applied. 
BELCHING: See ERUCTATIONS. 
BILIOUS ATTACKS : Iris, Ipec. ; Cham, fin children and ex- 

citable females) ; Bry., Aeon., Nux v., Ars. 
BITES AND STINGS : Ledum, Apis, Rhus, Canth., all int. and 

ext. 
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236 Clinical Directory. 

BLADDER : Catarrh of — Ammon. mur., Ant. crud., Puis., 
Ferr., Canth., Cann. 
Inflammation of — Canth., Tereb., Apis, Aeon. 
Paralysis of — Baryta carb., Aeon., Nux v., Ars. See also 
URINE. 

BLEAR-EYES : Euph., Sulph., Puis., Merc., Ars., Calc. 

BLEEDING: See HEMORRHAGE. 

BLINDNESS: See AMAUROSIS. 

BLOODY-FLUX: See DYSENTERY. 

BLOODY URINE: See HEMORRHAGE; From the Blad- 
der. 

BLOTCHES : Ars., Bell., Hep., Ant. crud., Graph., Lye, Clemat. 
BOILS : Bell., Sulph., Hep. s. ; Arn. (much pain) ;. Apis (num- 
erous and small). 
BONES : Caries (decay) of— Sil., Phos. ac, Sulph., Calc. 
Curvature of — Calc, Sulph. 
Exostosis (abnormal growth of) — Aur., Merc. iod. 
Pains in — Merc, Aur., Mez., Ars., Asaf. ; Merc. iod. (very se- 
vere). 

BOWELS : Inflammation of — Aeon., Bell., Coloc, Merc, cor., 
Ars., Bry. 

Pain in— See COLIC. See also CONSTIPATION, DIAR- 
RHCEA, ANUS, etc. 
BRAIN : Concussion of — Am. alt. Aeon, or Bell. 

Congestion of — Glon., Bell., Aeon. 

Fever— see TYPHUS-FEVER. 

Inflammation of — Aeon., Bell., Bry., Hyos., Opi. 
BREAST : See ABSCESS : Mammary. 
BREAST-PANG: See ANGINA PECTORIS. 
BREATH : Fetor of— Merc, Carb. v., Spig., Aur., Aeon. 
BREATHING: Difficult— See ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, 

CROUP, etc 
BRIGHT'S DISEASE : Ars., Phos., Merc, cor., Tereb., Canth. 
BRONCHITIS : Acute— Aeon., Bry., Ipec, Phos., Kali bich. 

In Children — Phos., Ant. tart. 

In the Aged- — Carb. v., Ant. tart., Senega, Squill. 

Chronic — Kali bich., Hep. s., Phos., Carb. v., Ars. 
BRUISES : Arn. (externally). See also CONTUSION and 

ECCHYMOSIS. 
BUNIONS : Verat. vir. or Arn. (as a paint) 

BURNS AND SCALDS ■ Canth., Rhus, Kreas., or Urtica, ext., 
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CANCER : Ars., Hydrast., Coni. 

CANKER OF THE MOUTH : Merc, Ars., Carb. v., Nit. ac, 

Sulphurous Acid Spray. 
CARBUNCLE: Ars., Bell., Sil., Canth., Lach., Carb. v. 
CARIES : (decay) of Bones — Sil., Phos. ac., Aur., Nit. ac, Merc 
iod. 
Of Teeth — Kreas., Merc, Staph. 

CATARACT : Coni., Phos., Cann., Sil., Sulph., Puis. 
CATARRH . See COLD IN THE HEAD. 
CHANCRE (a syphilitic sore) : Merc, Nit. ac, Kali hydriod. 
CHANGE OF LIFE : See MENSTRUATION : Cessation of. 
CHAPPED HANDS : Arn.-, Calend.-, or Glycerine-cerate. See 

also CHILBLAINS. 
CHICKEN-POX : Rhus tox., Sulph., Ant. t. 

CHILBLAINS . Petrol., Puis, or Rhus tox. int. and ext. , Phos. ; 

Tamus com., Calend., or Kreas. ext. 
CHILD-BED FEVER : See PUERPERAL FEVER. 
CHLOROSIS (green sickness) : Ferr., Puis., Ferr. iod., Sepia, 

Phos., Calc 
CHOLERA : Camph., Ars., Cup., Verat. 
CHORDEE : Aeon. int. and ext. ; Bell., Canth. 
CHOREA (St. Vitus' 's Dance) : Cupr., Agar., Verat. vir., Artem,, 

Bell., Ign., Cimic, Ars. 
CIRRHOSIS (a diseased contracted liver) : Phos., Merc. cor. 
COLD-IN-THE-HEAD : Aeon., Ars., Merc. ; Nux v. (stuffy 

cold) ; Euphr., Kali bich., K. hyd., or Sulph. (chronic) 
COLD-ON-THE-CHEST : Bry. alt. Aeon, or Phos. 
COLD FEET : See FEET 

COLIC . Coloc (with diarrhoea) ; Nux v. or Plumb, (constipa- 
tion) ; Iris (flatulent colic). 
Lead — Opi., Alum. 

Menstrual — Cocc, Plat., Nux v., Sec. 
CONGESTION OF THE BRAIN : Aeon., Bell., Glon., Opi., 
Gels. 
Of the Liver — Merc, Bell., Aloes., Bry., Chin., Ars., Iod., 

Aeon. 
Of the Lungs — Aeon., Phos., Verat. vir., Bry. 
CONSTIPATION: With Frequent Ineffectual Efforts: 
Nux v., Coloc. 
From Inertia of the Intestines — Bry., Opi., Lye, Aeon. 
Chronic — Sulph., Lye, Nux v. alt. Sulph., Podoph., ^Escul. 



238 Clinical Directory. 

CONSUMPTION : Phos., Ars., Phos. ac, Ferr. iod., Dros., Calc. 

iod., Lyco. ; also Aeon, or Bry. (for occasional symptoms). 

Of the Bowels — Iod M Calc, Ferr., Sulph., Merc., Iod., Ars. 

CONTUSION: Arn. ; Coni. (of 'the female breast) ; Rutz (of the 

shin-bone) ; all int. and ext. 
CONVULSIONS : Bell, Cham., Verat. vir. ; Cup. (ivith cramp) ; 
Gels, (rigiditv) ; Opi. (from fright). Also, Enemata of 
tepid water. 'See also EPILEPSY. 
Hysterical — Camph., Moschus, Ign., Hyos. 
CORNS : Calc., Sulph. Also Arn. (simple), or Verat. vir. (in- 
flamed )> ext. use of. 
CORPULENCY : See OBESITY. 
COUGH : Catarrhal— Aeon., BelL, Bry., Caust. 
Chronic — Kali bich., Sulph., Phos., Bry. 
Croupous — Spong., Hep., Cup. 
Hooping — Ipec, Dros., Coral., Nit, ac. ; Verat. vir., Gels., or 

Bell, (head-symptoms). 
Hysterical — Coral., Hyos., Ign. 
COURSES : See MENSTRUATION. 
CRACKS OF THE LIPS, etc.: Graph.; also Arn.-Calend.-, or 

Glycerine-cerate. 
CRAMPS : In the Abdomen— See COLIC. 

In the Calves — Verat., Nux v. ; Arn. (from fatigue) ; Bell., 

Cupr., Gels. 
In the Stomach — Nux v., Dioscor., Cocc. 
CRICK-IN-THE-NECK : Aeon. alt. Bell. ; Cimic, B17. 
CRITICAL AGE : See MENSTRUATION : Cessation of. 
CROUP : Aeon. alt. Spong., Iod., or Hep. 
CYANOSIS {blue disease) : Dig., Ars., Cup. 

CYSTITIS {inflammation of the bladder) : Canth., Tereb., Apis. 
DANDRIFF (scurf in the head) : Ars., Graph., Lye, Sulph., Rhus. 
DEAFNESS : From Cold— Aeon., Merc, Bell., Puis., Dulc. 
From Enlargement of Tonsils — Merc, iod., Bell., Calc, 

Phos., Baryt. 
After Measles — -Puis., Sulph., Bell. 
After Scarlatina — Bell., Hep. s., Calc 
After Small-Pox — Merc, Sulph., Bell. 
From Nervous Diseases — Phos., Phos. ac, Chin. 
DEBILITY. From Loss of Animal Fluids — Chin., Ferr., 
Phos., Phos. ac. 
Nervous — Phos. ac, Ign.. Mosch., Iod., Nux v. 

DELIRIUM TREMENS : Nux v., Opi., Bell., Stram., Hyos. 



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DENTITION (difficult) : Calc, Cham., Aeon., Krea. 
DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS : Ign., Aur., Chin., Nux v., Plat. ; 

Merc, or Podoph. (from disordered livei). 
DERBYSHIRE NECK : Spong., Merc, iod., Iod., Brom. 
DETERMINATION OF BLOOD : See CONGESTION. 
DIABETES (excessive flow of sugary urine) : Phos. ac, Ars., 

Uran. nitras. 
DIARRHCEA : From Indigestible Food — Ant. crud., Puis., 
Ipec. 

From Cold — Aeon., Dulc, Merc. 

From Worms — Cin., Ars. 

With Colic — Coloc, Podo., Verat. 

Nocturnal — Puis., Chin., Rhus. 

Summer — Chin., Verat., Cham., Ars. 

In Children — Cham., Merc, Rheum, Ipec, Dulc, Ars., Podo. 

In the Aged — Phos., Ars., Chin., Ant. crud. 
DIPHTHERIA : Bell., Phyto., Kali permang., Merc iod., Ars., 

Lach. ; also, Phyto. or Sulphurous Acid locally. 
DIZZINESS : Aeon., Bell., Nux v., Cocc, Bry., Puis., Gels. 
DROPSY : Ars., Apis, Dig., Bry., Chin., Apocy. c 

Of the Abdomen— See ASCITES. 

Of the Brain— See W T ATER IN THE HEAD. 

Of the Chest — Dig., Ars., Bry., Helleb. 

Of the Extremities — See CEDEMA. 

Post-Scarlatinal — Apis., Ars., Canth., Helleb. 

Of the ScrotUxM — Iod., Rhod., Graph. 
DROWSINESS : Opi., Aeon., Bell. 

After Dinner — Lye, Puis. 
DYSENTERY : Merc, cor., Ipec, Ars. ; Aloes (chronic, withpiles). 
DYSMENORRHCEA : See MENSTRUATION : Painful. 
DYSPEPSIA : See INDIGESTION. 
DYSPNOEA (difficult breathing)-. See ASTHMA, etc. 
EAR : Aching of — Bell., Puis., Merc, Cham., Aeon. 

Discharge from — Hep. s., Calc. Puis., Sulph., Merc, Caust. 

Soreness of — Mur. ac, Puis. ; Caust. (eruption about the ear). 

Inflammation of — Aeon., Bell., Puis. 

Noises in — Aeon., Puis., Mosch., Nux v., Sulph. • also Sulphur- 
ous Acid Spray. 
ECCHYMOSIS (blackness tinder the skin) : Arm, Rhus, Ham., 
Mur. ac. 

ECZEMA (a non-contagious smarting eruption) : Ars., Calc, Merc, 
Rhus. 

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240 Clinical Directory. 

EMISSIONS: See SPERMATORRHOEA. 

ENURESIS: See URINE: Incontinence of. 

EPILEPSY : Bell., Cup., Hyos., Stram., Verat. vir., Zinc, Ign. ; 

Calc. {chronic, especially in ckildreti). 
EPISTAXIS {bleeding from the nose) : Ham. {dark blood), Ipec. 

{bright blood), Puis, {with deficient period) ; Bry., Aeon. 

ERECTIONS : Feeble, Painful — Lye., Phos. ac., Nuphar. 
Spasmodic — Aeon., Bell. 

ERUCTATIONS : Bry., Nux v., Puis., Sulph. ac., Lye., Carb. v., 

Ars. 

ERUPTIONS : See RASH, LEPRA, ECZEMA, etc. 

ERYSIPELAS : Aeon., Bell., Rhus, Verat. vir., Apis, Ars., Sulph. 

EXCORIATIONS OF INFANTS : Cham., Calc, Lye, Sulph. 
Also, Hydrast. or Calend. ext. ; or the parts may be dusted 
over with finely-powdered starch. 
Preventive — Tepid washing, followed by careful drying, morn- 
ing and night. 

EYELIDS : Agglutination {gumming) of — Merc, Hep., Calc, 

Sulph., Puis. See also OPHTHALMIA. 
EYES : Inflammation of— See OPHTHALMIA. 

Sore — Merc, Clematis, Nit. ac, Euphr., Bell, Merc. cor. 

Squinting of — Bell., Hyos. 

Weak— Sulph., Phos., Iod., Bell. 

Wounds of — Arn. alt. Aeon. 
FACEACHE : Aeon., Bell., Coloc ; Spig. {when the eye-balls are 

affected) ; Cimic, Cham., Sticta. See also GUMBOIL. 
FAINTING: Mosch., Camph., Ign., Verat., Iod., Chin., Cocc 
FALLING-SICKNESS : See EPILEPSY. 
FATTY DEGENERATION : Phos., Ars., Ferr. 
FEET : Blistered, etc., from walking — Arnica-bath. 

Cold — Sep., Puis. The daily use of the skipping-rope. Wear- 
ing voltaic soles. 

Fcetid Sweat of — Silic, Petro., Nit. ac, Graph. 
FEVER : Simple — Aeon., or Verat. vir. 
FISTULA : Silic, Fluor, ac, Calc. ; also Hydrast. ext. 
FITS , See CONVULSIONS, and EPILEPSY. 
FLATULENCE : Nux v., Carb v., Lye, Chin. 
FLOODING: See MENSTRUATION : Excessive. 
FLUSHING OF THE FACE : Aeon, {from excitement) ; Nux v. 

{after food) ; Bell, {with headache). 
FRIGHT : Consequences of — Opi., Aeon., Ign. 



Clinical Directory, 241 

FROG : See APHTHA. 

FROST-BITE : See CHAPPED HANDS: also CHILBLAINS. 
GALL-STONES: Aeon., Merc., Podoph., Calc., Nux v. 
GANGLION (an encysted tumor on a tendon on the foot or back of 

the hand) : Ruta, Arn., Iod., Silic., Calc. 
GASTRIC FEVER : See TYPHOID-FEVER. 
GATHERINGS : See WHITLOW, ABSCESS, BOILS, etc. 
GIDDINESS : Bell., Nux v., Bry., Aeon., Puis., Gels. 
GLANDS: Enlarged — Merc, iod., Bell., Hep. s., Iod., Silic, 

Calc, Phos. 
GLEET : Cinnabar, Canth., Cannab., Puis., Nux v., Sulph. 
GOITRE : See DERBYSHIRE NECK. 
GONORRHOEA : Cann., Merc, Aeon., Canth., Thuja. 
GOUT : Aeon. alt. Bell, (during an attack). Rhod., Colch., Cimic, 

Bry., Puis. ; Arn. ext. 
GRAVEL : Lye, Ant. crud., Nux v., Bry. 
CREEN-SICKNESS : Ferr., Puis., Sep., Coni. 
GUM-BOILS : Aeon. alt. Bell, (first symptoms) ; Merc, Silic, 

Hep, ; Phos. (to prevent recurrence). 
GUMS : Scurvy of — Merc, Nit. ac, Carb. v., Ars., Sulph. 
HEMOPTYSIS (spitting of blood)\ See HEMORRHAGE. 
HEMORRHAGE : From the Bladder— Canth., Tereb., Ham., 
Arn. 
From the Anus— See PILES. 

From the Lungs — Ipec, Phos., Ham., Arn., Millef., Aeon. 
From the Nose — Aeon., Ipec, Ham., Nux v., Bry., Arn. 
From the Stomach — Ipec, Ham., Nit. ac. 
From the Womb — Croc, Sec, Plat., Ipec, Sabin., Cauloph. 
HANDS : Undue Moisture of — Fluor, ac. 

Congested — Bell, (redness) ; Puis. alt. Sulph. blueness and cold- 
ness). 
HAIR : Loss of— See ALOPECIA. 
HAY-FEVER : Sabad. int. and by olfaction ; Euphr., Ipec, Ars., 

Kali iod. 
HEADACHE : Chronic— Plat., Arg. nit., Plumb., Zinc. 
Catarrhal — Aeon., Bell., Merc, Nux v., Bry. 
Congestive — Bell., Glon., Aeon., Nux v. 
Bilious — Iris, Bry., Aeon., Nux v., Puis., Coloc 
Nervous (in one-half of the head) — Ign., Aur., Coff., Cham. 

Nux v., Phos., Aeon., Spig. 
Sick — Iris, Ipec, Puis., Nux v., Bell., Ant. crud., Sep. 
Rheumatic — Aeon., Bry., Nit. ac, Rhus, Spig. 
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242 Clinical Directory. 

HEART : Disease of — Cact. g., Dig., Naja., Aeon., Spig., Ars., 
Phos. 
Feeble Action of — Dig., Cupr. {with fainting). 
Inflammation of Membranes of — Aeon. alt. Spig., Bry., Ars. 
Palpitation of — Aeon., Cact. g., Mosch., Nux m., Phos., Puis. 
Rheumatism of — Spig., Bry., Cact. g., Cimic. 
HEARTBURN : Puis., Bry., Carb. v., Sulph, ac, Calc. 
HECTIC FEVER : Chin., Phos. ac, Ars., Sulph., Sang., Merc. 
HICCOUGH : Nux v., Aeon., Ign., Sulph. ac. 
HIP-JOINT DISEASE : Silic, Phos., Calc. c, Ars., Sulph. ; 
Aeon, and Bell, {at firsts and when necessary) ; also perfect rest. 
HOARSENESS : Baryta, Caust., Phyto., Hep., Phos., Spong., 

Carb. v. See also APHONIA. 
HOOPING-COUGH : Ipec., Dros., Coral., Cup., Verat. ; Gels., 
Verat. vir., or Bell, {head-svmptoms). 

HYPOCHONDRIASIS : Aur Arg. m., Ign., Nux v., Lyco., Anac, 
HYSTERIA : Ign., Plat., Asa., Hyp. per., Valer., Coca, Gels., 

Puis. 
HYSTERIC CONVULSIONS : Camph., Mosch., Opi. {from 

fright) ; cold douche to the face. 
IMPOTENCE : Phos., Nux v., Agnus c. Ferr., Baryta, Chin., 

Nuph., Phos. ac. 

INCONTINENCE OF URINE : See URINE ; Incontinence 
of. 

INDIGESTION : Acute— Aeon., Ipec., Puis., Nux v., Bry., Rhus. 

Chronic — Kali bich., Hep. s., Carb. v., Sulph., Chin., Nux v. 

In Children — Cham., Puis., Nux v., Sulph., Ant. c. 

In the Aged — Ant. crud., Kali bich., Carb. v., Nux v. 

From Cold — Aeon., Ars., Merc., Bry. 

From Fat or Rich Food — Puis., Ant. crud. 

From Anger — Cham, {with bilious symptoms). 

From Anxiety, Grief, etc. — Ign., Chin., Nux v., Puis. 
INFANTS : Screams of— Cham., Jal., Aeon. 

Soreness of— See EXCORIATIONS. 

Restlessness of — Cham., Coff., Bell., Gels. 
INFLUENZA : Camph. {the chill stage) ; Aeon, {chills and heats) ; 

Ars., Rhus. 
INTERMITTENT FEVER : See AGUE. 

ITCHING OF THE ANUS : See ANUS. 

Or the Skin — Aeon., Arg. nit., Mez., Sulph,, Ars., Nux v. ; also 
Mez. or Verat. vir. ext. 

JAUNDICE : Aeon., Bry., Merc, Chel. maj., Ars. ; Phos. {malig- 
nant) ; Chin., Nux v. 



Clinical Directory. 243 

JOINTS : Pain in— Aeon., Arg. m., Bell., Bry. 

Swelling of — Iod., Puis., Calc. c, Silic. 
KIDNEYS : Inflammation of — Canth., Tereb., Aeon., Bell. 
KNEE : Inflammation of — Aeon. alt. Puis., Bry. ; Iod. {much 
swelling), 

LABOR-PAINS : Cham., Puis., Coff. 
False — Puis., Cimic., Cocc., Nux v., Bell. 

LEAD-COLIC : OpL, Alum, Plat., Bell, Sulph. ac. 

LEGS: Swelling of— See CEDEMA. 

LEPRA {circular scaly patches on the skin): Ars., Merc., Sulph. 

LEUCORRHCEA : Sep., Cocc., Puis., Calc. c, Silic. ; Krea. {cor- 
rosive) ; Coni. {chronic). Also frequent ablutions, moderate 
exercise in the open air, sufficient rest, and nutritious, digesti- 
ble diet. 

LIVER : Enlargement of — Merc. iod. ; also Abdominal Com- 
press. 
Inflammation of— Aeon., Bry., Merc. cor. 
Torpid — Merc, Podoph. 

LIVER-COMPLAINT : Merc., Podoph., Nux v., Sulph., Nit. ac, 
Phos., Lyco. 

LIVER-SPOTS : Sulph., Borax, Lyco. 

LOCK-JAW : Aeon., Bell., Am., Nux v., Gel-. 

LOWNESS OF SPIRITS : See HYPOCHONDRIASIS. 

LUMBAGO : Bry. ; Rhus {chronic) ; Cimic, Am., Lyco., Nux v. 

LUNGS : Inflammation of — Aeon. alt. Phos., Bry., Chelid.. 
Ant. t. 
Congestion of— See CONGESTION. 

MASTURBATION : Evils of— See SPERMATORRHOEA. 
MEASLES: Aeon. alt. Puis. ; Bry., Bell.. Sulph., Gels., Merc. 
MEGRIM : See HEADACHE, Nervous. 
MELANCHOLIA : Aur., Ign., Plat., Phos., Zinc, Sulph. See 

also HYPOCHONDRIASIS. 
MEMORY: Weakness of — Phos. ac, Anac, Zinc, Opi., Ars. 
MENSTRUATION : (the monthly period) : Delay of the First 
Puis., Ferr., Sep., Phos., Sulph., Sec. 
Irregular — Sep., Puis., Sulph., Senecio. 
Painful — Cimic, Cocc, Croc, Bell., Cham., Puis., Plat., Ham., 

Ign., Gels., Sec, Verat. 
Excessive — Sec, Croc, {dark and clotted); Sab. {bright red) ; 

Aeon., Calc. c, Ipec, Chin, (after excessive discharge). 
Scanty — Sep., Puis,, Coni., Sulph., Cann. 



244 Clinical Directory. 

SUPPRESSED — Aeon., Puis., Bell. ; Coni. (chronic) ; Sep., Plat., 
Rhus. Sudden suppression requires, in addition to one of the 
remedies quoted, a hot hip-bath, after which the patient 
should retire to a warmed bed. 

Recurring too Early — (in less than a month from commence- 
ment of previous period) — Calc. Carb., Ign. ; Krea, (offensive 
discharge) ; Sec., Nux v. 

Recurring too Late — Puis., Phos., Plat., Ferr., Sep. 

Vicarious — Ham. v., Bry., Puis., Phos., Senecio. 

Too Short Duration — See Scanty. 

Too Long Duration — See Excessive. 

Cessation of— -Chin, or Ferr. (profuse discharge) ; Lach. or 
Sang, (flushes) ; Cimic. (sinking at stomach, etc.) 

MESENTERIC DISEASE : See CONSUMPTION OF THE 

BOWELS. 
MERCURY : For Effects of Large Doses of — Nit. ac, 

Hep. s., Carb. v. 

MILK : Suppressed or Scanty — Puis. ; Aeon, (with fever) ; 
Bell, (with brain symptoms). 
Too Abundant — Calc. c. ; Chin, (with debility). 

MILK-FEVER : Bry., Aeon., Cham., Verat. vir., Bell. 

MILK-LEG: Aeon. alt. Ham. or Puis. ; Phos. 

MILK-SCAB : (vesicular eruption on the face of infants)'. Rhus 
tox., Sulph., Viola tri. 

MISCARRIAGE : Sec, Croc, Ipec, Cedron., Am., Bell. 

Threatened — Puis., Cham., Bell., Sab., Arm, Sec, Cedron. 
At the same time the patient should lie down on a mattress, 
in a cool, well-ventilated room, till all danger is past, and 
avoid hot drinks. 
Prevention of — Sec, Calc. carb., Cimic, Chin., Cedron. 

MOLES : Carb. v., Sulph. ; Calend. ext. 

MONTHLY PERIOD : See MENSTRUATION. 

MORNING SICKNESS : Ipec, Krea., Nux v., Puis., Iris. 

MOSQUITOES : Stings of— Ledum ext. If a sting of a mos- 
quito or wasp remain in the skin, the open end of the tube of 
a small key should be pressed firmly over the part. 

MOUTH: Sore— See APHTH/E ; also CANKER. 

MUMPS : Merc, Iod., Bell. 

N^EVUS (a natural ?nark or blemish) : Thuja. 

NAUSEA: Ipec, Cocc, Lob., Tabacum, Nux v., Ant. t. 

NECK : Crick in the — Bry., Cimic, Aeon., Bell. 
Stiffness of — Bell., Bry., Lye, Nux v. 

NERVOUS DEBILITY : See DEBILITY. 



Clinical Directory. 245 

NERVOUSNESS : Cham., Coff., Ign., Hyos., Cimic, Gels., Chin. 

See also HYSTERIA, HYPOCHONDRIASIS, etc. 
NETTLE-RASH . Apis, Rhus, Ant. crud. , Puis (from rich food). 
NEURALGIA : In the Face — Aeon., Ars., Coloc., Cham., Spig., 
Gels., Sticta. 
In the Head — Bell., Nux v., Sticta, Cimic. 
In the Back — Nuv v., Oxal. ac, Cimic, Verat. 
In the Leg — (Sciatica) — Coloc, Ars., Nuv v., Cann. 
In the Side — {intercostal) — Rhod., Ars. 
NIGHT-MARE : Nux v., Puis. A light diet, out-of-door exer- 
cise, and a sponge bath daily, are recommended ; and avoid- 
ance of suppers, stimulants, fatigue, and heavy and close bed- 
clothes. 
NIGHT-SWEATS : Chin., Ars., Phos. ac, Merc See also HEC- 
TIC-FEVER. 

NIPPLES: Sore— Sulph. ; also Calend., Hydras., or Arn. ext. 
NOSE-BLEED : Aeon., Bry., Ipec, Ham. v. ; Puis, (in women) ; 

Chin, (in weak persons). 
NOSE : Sore — Ars., Sulph., Aur., Caust. ; Iod. (with foetor). 
NUMBNESS AND TINGLING : Aeon,, Rhus, Nux v., Arg. nit. 
OBESITY (excessive accu??iuZatio?i of fat) : Ars., Ferr., Calc c, 

Sulph. 
CEDEMA (watery fluid under the skin): Chin., Ferr., Apis, Ars. 
ONANISM : Evils of— See SPERMATORRHOEA. 
OPHTHALMIA: Catarrhal — Aeon., Merc, Suiph., Euphr., 
Bell., Puis. 
Chronic — Clematis,Erect, Calc. c, Sulph., Merc, Hep., Ars. 
After Measles — Puis., Sulph. 
After Scarlatina — Bell., Hep. s., Merc. 
After Small-pox — Merc, Sulph. 
Scrofulous — Calc c, Iod., Graph., Hep., Sulph., Merc cor., 

Ars. 
Syphilitic — Merc, cor., Nit. ac, Thuja, Aur. 
In Infants — Arg. nit., Calc. c, Sulph., Merc 
PAINS : See NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, etc. 
PAINTERS' COLIC : See COLIC. 
PALPITATION : Mosch. (nervous) ; Aeon., Spig., Bell., Cact. g., 

Phos., Puis., Ars. 
PERIOD : See MENSTRUATION. 

PARALYSIS : Baryta c, Nux v., Arg. nit., Plumb., Rhus, Phos., 
Aeon. 

PERSPIRE : Tendency to— Chin., Merc, Verat., Carbo veg. 
See also SWEAT. 



246 Clinical Directory. 

PHOTOPHOBIA (intolerance of light) \ Bell., Merc, cor., Euphr., 

Calc, Ign. 
PHTHISIS : See CONSUMPTION. 
PILES : Sulph., Ham., Collin., Aloes, Nux v., yEscul. ; Ham. ext. 

PIMPLES : Bell, (in the full-blooded) ; Puis, (in girls) ; Sulph., 
Kali bich., Ant. crud., Hep. 

PLEURISY : Aeon. alt. Bry. ; Phos., lod., Ars. 
POLYPUS : Merc, iod., Kali bich., Teucr., Calc. 
PROLAPSUS . Of the Anus— Ign., Nux v., Podoph., Merc. 

Of the Womb— Stann., Sec, Bell., Sepia, Nux v., Sulph. 
PROSTATITIS (Inflammation of the prostate gland) ; Thuja, 

Puis. 
PROSTRATION : See DEBILITY. 
PROUD-FLESH : Silic, Fluor ac. 
PUERPERAL (child-bed) FEVER : Aeon., Bell., Bry. 
PURPLE-RASH : Bell., Cham., Calc. c. 

PRURIGO (a ftapular eruption, with intolerable itching) : OF THE 
Anus — Nit. ac, Sulph. ; also Glyc. of Hydrast. ext. 
Of the Pudendi — Aeon., Sulph., Sep., Lye, Collin. ; Glyc. of 

Hydrast. ext. 
Of the Scrotum — Petro., Merc, cor., Nit. ac, Rhus, Aeon. Also 
frequent ablutions with tepid or cold water. 
QUINSY : Bell., Baryta carb., Merc iod. , Kali permang. (as a 

gargle, gr. vi.. ad. aq des. 3 viii.) 
RASH : During Teething — Cham. ; Ant. crud. (with diarrhcea) ) 

Ars. {with prostration). 
RED-GUM (Infant RasH) : Ant. crud., Bry., Cham. 
RELAXED BOWELS : See DIARRHCEA. 
RELAXED THROAT : Kali bich., Hep. s., Baryta carb., Phyto., 

Phos. 
REMITTENT FEVER: Gels, (especially in children)', Ars., 

Verat., Chin., Ipec, Rhus. 
RETENTION OF URINE: Canth., Nux v., Opi., Aeon., 

Campn., Cann. 
RESTLESSNESS OF CHILDREN : Coff., Cham., Aeon., Bell., 

Gels. 
RHEUMATIC FEVER : Aeon., Bry., Bell., Cimic 
RHEUMATISM : Of the Back— See LUMBAGO. 

Of the Chest (intercostal muscles)— Rhod., Chrys., Bry., Am. 

Of the Heart — Spig., Cimic, Cact. g., Bry. 

Of the Joints — Ruta, Bry., Rhus, Cimic, Caust. 

Of the Neck— Bry., Rhod., Chrys. 



Clinical Directory. 247 

Chronic — Rhus tox., Arn., Sulph., Rhod., Chrys., Cimic, Kali 
Hydriod. 
RICKETS : Silic, Calc c, Sulph. Also out-door air, cold salt- 
water baths, and a spoonful of pale cod-liver oil twice a day. 
RINGWORM : Of the Scalp— Sep. ; also Sulphurous ac. ext. 

Of the Skin — Tellur., Rhus, Sep., Sulph. 
RUSH OF BLOOD : See CONGESTION. 
SALIVATION : From Mercury— Nit. ac, Iod., Hep. s. 

Non-Mercurial — Merc. 
SCABIES (the Itch) : Sulph. int. and ext. 
SCALD-HEAD : Calc. Phos., Ars., Sulph., Ant. crud., Lye. ; Rhuj* 

int. and ext. 
SCALDS : See BURNS. 

SCARLATINA : Simple— Aeon. alt. Bell. ; Sulph. (convalescence). 
With Throat Affection — (anginosa) — Merc, Apis. 
Malignant — Ailanthus gland., Ars., Mur. ac, Carb. v., Condy's 

Fluid topically. 
Preventive — Bell, mother tincture. 
SCIATICA : Coloc, Rhus, Ars., Nux v., Cann. 
SCORBUTUS (Scurvy) : Merc, Nit. ac, Carb. v., Ars. 
SCREAMS OF INFANTS : Cham., Aeon., Jal., Bell. 
SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS : Iod., Calc. c, Sulph., Phos. 
SCURVY OF THE GUMS : See GUMS. 
. SEA-SICKNESS : Petrol., Cocc, Tab. 
SELF-ABUSE : Evils of— See SPERMATORRHOEA. 
SHINGLES : Rhus tox., Sulph. 
SICK-HEADACHE : Iris, Ipec, Puis., Nux v., Sep. 
SICKNESS : Ipec (simple ; Pul. (from rich food) ; Nux v. (from 
alcohol) ; Iris, Ant. t. See also VOMITING. 
Morning — Ipec, Krea.. Nux v., Puis.; Ars. 
SKIN : Itching of — Arg. nit., Sulph., Ars., Mez. ; Verat vir. 
(painful sensitiveness). See also EXCORIATIONS, PRU- 
RIGO, SCABIES, etc 
SLEEPINESS : OpL, Bell., Aeon., Lye 
SLEEPLESSNESS : CofT., Bell., Hyos., Gels., Verat. vir., Glon., 

Ign., Aeon. 
SMALL-POX : Ant. tart., Merc, Bell., Bry., Sulph. 
SMELL : Loss of — Puis., Merc, Gels., Aeon., Sang., Calc. c, 

Plumb. 
SNEEZING : From a Cold — Merc, Ipec, Aeon., Ars. 
SORE EYES : Merc, Clematis, Sulph., Calc. c, Euphr., Nit. -.c. 



248 Clinical Directory. 

SORE THROAT : Aeon., Bell., Merc. ; Kali permang. or Phyto. 

as a gargle. 
SORENESSS OF INFANTS : See EXCORIATIONS. 
SPASMS AND CRAMPS : Camph., Nux v., Coloc, Verat., Cocc, 

Gels. 
SPERMATORRHCEA : Phos., Chin., Ferr., Phos. ac., Arg. m., 

Gels. 
SPINE : Concussion of — Arn., Hypericum. 
Irritation of — Chin., Ign., Nux v., Gels. 
SPITTING OF BLOOD : See HEMORRHAGE : From the 

Lungs. 
SPRAINS : Rhus tox., Arn. or Ruta, int. and ext. 
SQUINTING: Bell., Hyos., Gels., or Stram. (cerebral causes) ; 

Cina (from worms) ; Spig., Phos. 
STAMMERING : Bell., Hyos. 
ST. ANTHONY'S FIRE : See ERYSIPELAS. 
STERILITY: Phos., Plat., Coni., Baryta c, Cann., Sep., Borax. 
STIFF-NECK : Bry., Cimic, Bell. 
STINGS : Led., Apis, or Rhus int. and ext. See MOSQUITOS ; 

also BITES. 
STITCHES IN THE CHEST : Bry., Aeon., Cimic, Phos. 
STOMACH : Acidity of— Puis., Nux v., Bry., Lye, Carb. v., 

Calc. 
Inflammation of — Aeon., Ars., Bell., Phos. 
Ulceration of — Ars., Hydrast., Kali bich. 
STONE AND GRAVEL : Lye, Nux v., Calc, Cann., Canth. 
STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA : Aeon., Nux v., Canth., 

Cann. 
ST. VITUS'S DANCE : Agaricus, Bell., Cup. m., Artem., Stram., 

Zinc, Ars., Cimic, Ign., Verat. vir. 
STYE : Puis., Sulph., Merc. 

SUMMER-COMPLAINT : Chin., Iris, Bry., Ant. crud. 
SUNSTROKE : Camph., Bell., Glon., Gels., Verat. vir. 
SUPPURATION : Silic, Hep. s. ; Chin, {when very profuse). 
SWEAT : Undue— Phos. ac, Calc. c, Sulph., Phos., Samb., Verat. 
Fcetid, under the arms — Petrol.; Carb. v. 
Tendency to — Chin., Merc, Verat., Carb. v. See also NIGHT- 
SWEATS. 

SWEATY FEET AND HANDS : Sil., Nit. c, Petro., Graph. 
SWELLINGS : Dropsical— Ars., Apis. 
Glandular — Merc, Bell., Hep. s., Calc. c 



Clinical Directory. 249 

Of the Face — Merc, {from Gum-boil) ; Bell, or Cham, (from 
Toothache) ; Apis (from Erysipelas) ; Chin, or Ars. (dropsical). 
Of the Feet ((Edema) — Ars., Ferr., Apis, Dig., Chin. 
Of the Joints — Iod., Bry., Puis., Bell. 
White — Bry., Iod., Silic, Calc c., Sulph. 
SYPHILIS : Merc., Thuja, Nit. ac, Arg. nit., Aur. 
TAPE-WORM : Fil. mas., Kous., Sabad., Cin., Sulph., Ign. 
TASTE IMPAIRED : Puis., Merc, Plumb. 
TEETH : See TOOTHACHE, and DENTITION. 
TESTICLES : Enlargement of — Puis., Clematis, Spong., Arm, 
Aur., Aeon. Also the use of a suspensory bandage. 
Wasting of — Iod., Coni. 
TETTERS : Dry— Merc, Iod., Ars., Petro. 

Moist — Aeon., Rhus, Ars., Phyto., Graph., Calc, Sulph. 
THREAD-WORMS : Cina, Teucrium, Ign., Chin. 
THROAT : Sore— Aeon., Bell., Merc, Hep. s., Puis. ; Phyto. as 

a gargle. 
THRUSH : Borax, Merc, Ars., Sulph. ; also Sulphurous Acid 

Spray. 
TIC-DOULOUREUX : See NEURALGIA. 
TONGUE : Coated — Ant. crud. (milky-white) ; Kali bich. (yel- 
lowish) ; Puis, (roughish white) ; Rhus {brownish). 
Swollen — Bell., Merc, Aeon., Mur. ac. 
Ulcerated — Merc, Nit. ac. ; Hydras, as a wash. 
TONSILS : Enlarged— Bell., Merc, biniod., Calc. phos., Kali 
hydriod., Baryt. 
Inflamed— See QUINSY. 
TOOTHACHE : Aeon. alt. Bell, (redness of face, with throbbing) ; 
Puis. 
From Decayed Teeth — Krea., Merc, Staph., Phyto. ; See 

GUM-BOIL. 
Nervous — Coff., Cham., Ign., Gels. 
Of Children — Cham., Kreas. 
Of Pregnancy — Bell., Nux v., Cham., Coff. 

TREMORS : Nervous— Aeon., Ign., Chin., Coff., Bell. ; Nux v. 

(from stimulants). 
TUBERCULOSIS (the condition of the body in which tubercles are 

deposited} : Iod., Phos., Calc. c, Ferr. iod. 

TUMORS : See SWELLINGS. 

TYPHOID- (ENTERIC-) FEVER : Bapt, Ars., Mur. ac, Rhus* 
TYPHUS-FEVER : Aeon., Bry., or Verat. vir. ; Ars., Hyos., Bell., 
Phos. 



250 Clinical Directory. 

ULCERS : Hydras., Silic, or Kali bich. int. and ext. ; Bell., Lye. 
In the Leg — -Bell. Ars. ; Merc, {syphilitic) ; Caust. ; Hydras, int. 

and ext. 

URINE : Bloody— Canth., Tereb,, Ham. 
Burning or Scalding — Canth., Cann., Gels., Aeon. 
F02TID — Tereb. 

Painful Passage of — Apis, Canth., Lye., Nux v., Cann. 
Incontinence of — Lye., Eup. per., Bell. ; Cin. {from worms) ; 

Caust., Phos. ac., Gel. s. {in the aged) ; Canth., Ferr. 
Retention of — Canth., Nux v., Opi., Camph. 

VARICOSE VEINS : Ham. v., Puis., Fluor, ac. 
VOICE : Loss OF— See APHONIA, and HOARSENESS. 
VOMITING: From Indigestible Food — Ant. crud., Puis., 
Ipec, Iris. 

Chronic — Kreas., Ars., Hydras. 

Of Blood — Ipec, Ham. v., Nit. ac, Chin. 
WALKING : Delay of the Power of — Calc c, Phos., Sulph. 
WAKEFULNESS : Coff., Bell., Gels., Glon. 
W^ARTS : Thuja, Rhus tox., or Nit. ac. int. and ext. ; Sulph. 
WASTING : See ATROPHY. 

WATER-BRASH : Lye, Nux v., Carb. v., Bry., Ars. 
WATER : In the Chest — Bry , Ars., Dig., Apis. 

In the Head — Hell., Bell., Apis, Verat. vir. or Gels, {convul- 
sions), 
WATERY BLOOD : Ferr., Chin., Phos., Sep. See also ANAE- 
MIA, 
WEAKNESS : See DEBILITY. 

WETTING THE BED: See URINE : Incontinence of. 
WHITES : See LEUCORRHCEA. 

WHITE-SWELLING : Of the Knee— Bry., K. hydriod., Puis. 
WHITLOW : Silic, Fluor, ac, Hep. See also ABSCESS and 

BOILS. 
WHOOPING-COUGH: See HOOPING-COUGH. 
WIND : See FLATULENCE. 
WORM-FEVER : Aeon., Cin., Sil. 
WORMS : Thread — Cina, Teucrium, Ign., Chin. 

Long Round — Merc, Spig., Sulph., Aeon. 

Tape — Fil. mas., Cin., Sulph., Kous. 
WOUNDS: Calend., Ham. or Am. ext. 
WRY-NECK : Nux v., Bell., Bry., Merc 
ZONA : (Shingles) : Rhus tox., Aeon., Sulph., Lya 



INDEX* 



(See Hints to the Reader, page 9). 



For diseases not included in this index 
Medica ; " also the " Clinical Directory. 



Aconitum, the Homoeopathic Lancet, 

Advantages of Homoeopathy, 

Ague, .... 

Air, fresh, importance of, * 

Alternation of medicines, 

Anasarca (dropsy) after Scarlatina, 

Aphthae (thrush), 

Asiatic cholera, . . 

Ascarides, 

Asthma, . . . , 

Bacon-fat prevents pitting in small-pox. 

Bathing, .... 

Beard, cultivation and use of, . 

Bed-rooms, ventilation of, . 

Beef tea, 

Beverages, 

Bilious headache, 

Biliousness, 

Black eye 

Bleeding of the nose, 

Bleeding from urinary organs, 

Bleeding from the bowels, 



consult the " Materia 



PAGE 

• 52 

23 

. 6l 

38, 56, 64 

. 46 

70 

■ 152 

123 

. I30 

95 



32, 



• 75 
81, 103, 157 

84, 100 
39 

• 59 
58 

. 140 
114 

. 187 
. 178 

. 181 
. 183 



* Many diseases not included in this index are referred to in the 
Directory." 



Clinical 



252 



Index. 



Bleeding from wounds, 


PAGE 

. 186 


Blood-shot eye, . . , . 


146 


Bloody-flux, « • • . . 


. 121 


Breath, bad, , . 


. 151 


Boils, ....... 


- 170 


Broken bones, . , , 


191 


Bronchitis, acute, . . . . 


. 97 


Bronchitis, chronic, . . . 


100 


Bronchocele (goitre), .... 


. 164 


Bruises, . . * . 


. i37 


Burns, . . , . . 


. 189 


Camphor as a prophylactic, 


60 


Castillon's powders, . . . . 


. 154 


Catarrh (cold in the head), . , , 


79 


Catarrh, epidemic, . . . . 


. 82 


Cephalalgia (headache)j . . , 


137 


Chicken-pox (varicella), . . 


. 76 


Child-crowing, .•■•'•. . . 


89 


Chinese practice of medicine, . 


. 28 


Chilblains, . . . . .- 


.171 


Cholera, Asiatic, . 


. 123 


Cholera, Homoeopathic treatment of, . 


. . 24 


Cholera, Dr. MacLaughlin's testimony, 


. 24 


Chronic Bronchitis, . 


100 


Cleanliness, . . . . . 


. 57 


Clergyman's sore throat, '. 


84 


Clothing, . 


36, 86 


Cold m the head (catarrh), . 


79 


Cold in the chest (bronchitis), . 


. 97 


Colic, . . 


113 


Comstock's rational food, 


• 154 


Constipation, 


. 25, 125 


Contusions, . . ' . 


. 187 


Consumption, . . 


101 


Convulsions, 


.156 


Corns, 


173 


Coryza (a kind of catarrh), 


. 79 



Inc 


lex. 


253 






PAGE 


Cough, 


. 


85 


Cough, Whooping, 


. 


- 87 


Cretinism, . 


. 


38 


Croup, 


• 


. OX) 


Cultivation of the beard, 


• • • 


. 84, IOO 


Cuts, 


• • ■ 


. 188 


Deafness, 


■ • • 


149 


Delicacies for the sick, 


. 


• 59 


Derbyshire-neck, 


• • 


164 


Diarrhoea, 


• • 


. 118 


Diarrhoea of children 


• • • 


120 


Diet, hints on, . 


• 47, 


59, 109, 129 


Diet, ordinary, 


. 


48 


Diet, extraordinary, 


. 


. 48 


Diet, for infants, 


. 


154 


Difference between Aconite and Gelseminum, 


. 52 


Diphtheria, 


. 


92 


Directions for taking medicines, 


. 


. 44 


Dentition (teething), 


• 


155 


Dose of medicines, 


. 


. 46 


Dose, repetition of, 


. 


46 


Douglas, Dr. J. S., treatment of fevers, 


• 52 


Dropsy after scarlatina, 


• . • 


7o 


Drugs, beware of, 


• . 


. 50 


Drowning, . 


. 


194 


Dysentery (bloody-flux), 


. 


. 121 


Dyspepsia, . 


• 


106 


Early rising, 


• • • 


. 32 


Ears, inflammation of, 


• • 


147 


Earache, 


• • » 


. 147 


Economy of Homoeopathy, 


• • • 


23 


Enteralgia (colic), . . 


• • • 


• 113 


Epilepsy (falling sickness), 


• • • 


141 


Epistaxis, . .. , . . , 


• • • 


. 178 


Erysipelas, . „ . , . , 


• • • 


77 


Evacuation pf bowels, . • 


• • • 


■ 125 



J 54 



Index. 



Exanthemata (eruptive fevers), , 


PAGK 

65 


Exercise, • . . . . 


.. 35, 86, 103 


Experimental practice, • . . . 


. 29 


External remedies, , , , 


44 


Extract of beef, . . - . . 


. 59 


Eyes, inflammation of, . , 


144 


Eye, bloodshot, . 


. 146 


Falling sickness, . . . . 


141. 


Fatigue, . . , , 


. 138 


Febricula, . . # 


5i 


Fever, brain, . . . • , , 


. 55 


Fever, gastric, . . , , 


55 


Fever, simple, . . . , 


. 5i 


Fever, typhoid and typhus, 


54 


Fever, intermittent, . , 


, 61 


Flatulence, ..... 


115 


Flooding, 


182 


Forms of medicines, 


42 


Foreign bodies in the eye, 


. 147 


Food in the sick-room, . , , 


59 


Foot-bath in colds and fevers . , 


. 81 


Fractured limbs, 


191 


Fresh air, . . . . . 


39> 56 


Frog (thrush), . . . . 


152 


Furunculi (boils), . . , , 


. 170 


Future of Homoeopathy, . 


30 


Gelseminum, uses of, . . . . 


• 52 


Gentle measures of Homoeopathy, . 


26 


Goitre, . . . . • • 


. . 164 


Gout, 


. . 200 


Gum-water. . '. . . • 


. 58 


Hahnemann, . - . • . . 


3i 


Half-holidays, .... . . 


. 138 


Haemorrhage, - .. - . . . . 


• 176 


Hemorrhagic diathesis, • . . 


. 183 



Index. 



2 55 



Haemorrhoids (piles), 

Headache, . . ■■ . 

Heart, palpitation of, 

Heartburn, . - . 

Hernia, . , 

Herpes circinnatus, 

Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), 

Hints on diet, 

History of Homoeopathy, . 

Hives, .... 

Hoarseness, 

Homoeopathy, advantages of, 

Homoeopathy, economy of, 

Homoeopathy, success of, . 

Homoeopathy and cholera, 

Homoeopathy and children, 

Homoeopathy preventive, 

Homoeopathy, the future of, 

Homoeopathy, history of, 

Homoeopathy, grand principles of, 

Homoeopathic medicines are specific, 

Hooping-cough, 

Hot foot-bath, . 

Hours for taking medicines, 

Hygiene, observations on, 

Icterus (Jaundice), 

Incontinence of urine, 

Indigestion, 

Infant's Food, ' . - . , 

Influenza, . . 

Injections, 

Intermittent fever, 

Introductory, 

Inflammation of the lungs, 

Inflammation of the liver, 

Inflammation of the eyes, 

Inflammation of the ears, . 



47, 



5o, 



PAGE 
133 
137 
20I 

■ 115 
193 
174 
Il6 
IO9, 129 

15 
l68 
82 
23 
23 
23 
24 
29 
30 
30 
15 
18 
28 

87 
8l 

45 
32 

US 
203 
106 

154 
82 

129 

61 

15 

94 

115, 117 

144 

147 



256 



Index, 



Involuntary emissions, 

Itching of the skin, 

Itch, 

Itch, seven years' 

Jaundice, 
Jerrold's death-bed, 

Light, 

List of medicines, 

Liver complaint, 

Looseness of the bowels, 

Lumbago, 

Lungs, inflammation of, 



PAGE 

205 
. 165 

166 
• 167 

US 

. 27 

37,64 

' ? 3 
117 

. 118 

200 

. 94 



MacLaughlin, Dr., his testimony, 

Malaria, laws of, 

Malignant scarlatina, 

Marsh miasma, 

Materia Medica, 

Meat diet, 

Measles, . * . , 

Measles, differ from scarlatina, 

Medicines, alternation of, . 

Medicines, directions for taking, 

Medicines, forms of, 

Medicines, list of, 

Medicines, names of, 

Medicines, cases, care of, 

Metrorrhagia, . , 

Milk diet, . . 

Morbilli (measles), . 

Mumps, . , • 



24 

63 

68 

63 

208 

48 

70 

71 
46 

44 
42 

43 

43 

43 

182 

. 47 

70 

163 



Names of medicines, 
Nettle rash, 
Nocturnal enuresis, 
Nursing the sick, 



43 
168 
203 

56 



Index, 



257 



Observations on health, 

Odontalgia (toothache), 

Offensive breath, . . . 

Ophthalmia (inflammation of the eyes), 

Ordinary diet, 

Otalgia (earache), . 

Otitis (inflammation of the ears), . 

Otorrhcea (discharge from the ears), . 

Pains in the loins, . . . 

Palpitation of the heart, 

Parotitis (mumps), . 

Phthisis (consumption), 

Piles, .... 

Pleurisy (pleuritis), 

Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), 

Poisons, .... 

Prairie itch, 

Prevention of disease, . 

Prevention of cholera, 

Protrusion of the bowels, 

Prolapsus ani, 

Prurigo, .... 

Purgatives injurious, 

Purging, . 

Pyrexia (simple fever), 

Quinsy (sore throat) 

Recreation, 
Retention of urine, 
Repetition of dose, 
Rheumatism, 
Ringworm, 
Rheumatic fever, 
Round-worms, 
Rubeola (measles), 
Running from the ears, 
Rupture, 



PAGE 
32 

159 
151 
144 
48 
147 
147 
148 

200 
20I 
I63 

101 

133 

94 

94 

194 

167 
60 
124 
135 
135 
165 
125 
118 

51 
162 

137 
204 

46 
*97 
174 
197 
130 

70 
148 
193 



2 S 8 



Index. 



Salt-water bath, a 

Scarlet fever (scarlatina), 

Scalds, . . . . 

Scrofulous consumption, 

Sea-sickness, 

Self-abuse, . . . 

Sequeke (after consequences) of scarlatina, 

Seven years' itch, 

Sick-headache, 

Simple fever, 

Small dose of Homoeopathy, 

Small-pox, . 

Sore throat, 

Sore throat, clergyman's, 

Sores, 

Spasmodic croup, 

Spermatorrhoea, 

Spitting of blood, . , 

Sprains, 

Statistics on Homoeopathy, 

Status of professional Homoeopaths, 

Stimulating food and drinks in fevers, 

St. Anthony's fire (erysipelas), 

Strangulated rupture, . 

Strangury, 

Stye on the eyelid, 

Success of Homoeopathy, 

Sunshine necessary to health, 

Tape- worm, 

Teething, 

The single remedy, . 

Thread-worms, . 

Throat compress, 

Thrush, 

Tobacco, bad effects of, 

Tonsilitis, 

Toothache, 



33 

. 65 

189 

. 101 

112 

. 206 

69 

. 167 

140 

• 5* 
18 

• 73 
161 

. 84 
169 

. 89 
205 

. 176 
188 

• 25 
16 

. 5& 
77 

• 193 
204 

. 146 

?3 

• :37 
I 

131 

27 
. 130 

84 
. 152 

49 
. 162 

159 



Index. 



2 59 



Ulcers, . 

Urine, incontinence of, 
Urticaria (hives), 
Uses of medicines, . 

Varicella (chicken-pox), 
Variola (small-pox), 
Ventilation, importance of, 
Vomiting, 
Vomiting of blood, 

Warm bath, 

Watching patients, 

Water, purity of, 

Warts, . 

Wet compress for throat, 

Wet pack, 

Wetting the bed, 

Whitlow, 

Whooping-cough, 

Worms, . . 

Wounds, 



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203 

. 168 
208 

■ 76 

73 

• 38 
no 

. 176 

157 

• 57 
39 

• 172 

84 

• 33 
203 

■ 174 

87 

. 130 

185 



ESTABLISHED, 



A. D. 1855. 



THE 



CHICAGO 
Jriomoeopathic Jf harmacy, 

HALSEY BROTHERS, 



704 State Street, 



CHICAGO. 



A complete assortment of Homoeopathic Goods of all kinds, 
and of the most reliable character, will be found at the Chicago 
Pharmacy at reasonable prices. 

Medicine Cases and Books, of all styles, sizes and prices, for 
domestic use in the family ; and for the treatment of horses, cattle, 
and other domestic animals. 

Remedies sold by the single vial or dozen vials. 

Old cases neatly refitted and refilled, and single vials refilled, if 
desired. 

(E^gf 3 As to the reputation of the establishment, reference is made 
to the Homoeopathic physicians of city and country throughout 
the Northwest. 

Prices of Medicines. 



One drachm vial, 15c. 



Two " 


M 20c. 


Half ounce 


" 30c. 


One 


" 50c. 


Two " 


" 85c. 


Four " 


" 1.25 



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dozen, 

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$1.50 
2.00 
3.00 


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5.00 
9.00 


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12.00 



Prices of Cases of Medicine for Family use vary from $1.00 
to $10.00, or even $20.00 ; the $8.00 and $10.00 styles are favorites. 
Further particulars will be given on application, with stamp. 



COMPOUND CARBON CRACKERS, 

FOR DYSPEPTICS. 

COMPOSED OF EEC2NTLY CALCINED WILLOW CHARCOAL, ETC., 
COMBINED WITH GRAHAM FLOUE. 



On account of the difficulty and unpleasantness of taking Charcoal, it hag 
not hitherto been employed, either by physician or patient, as much as its 
Valuable Medicinal Properties demand. This objection is now overcome, 
as these Biscuits are not only free from disagreeable taste, but are palatable 
and highly nutritious. 

Recently Calcined Willow Charcoal is a powerful Disinfectant and Absor- 
bent, and when administered internally, is a valuable Remedy for Dyspepsia, 
Heartburn, Waterbrash, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Constipation and 
kindred complaints, especially those attendant on Pregnancy. It is employed 
in these complaints with the most favorable results by eminent physicians, 
both in Europe and America. Amongst others, M. Belloc found it espe- 
cially efficacious in Gastralgia, etc., and his observations were confirmed by 
the French Academy of Medicine ; other noted men recommend its use, for 
whose opinion see United States Dispensatory, etc. 

The Biscuits should be taken three or four times a day, and may be used at 
meals in place of ordinary bread. 

For infants, soften one or two in milk or water, and give to prevent Acidity 
of Stomach, Flatulence, etc. 

N. B. — Persons suffering from Fetid Breath, arising from disordered 
digestion or decayed teeth, will find these an effectual and pleasant remedy. 

Price 75 cents for box containing three dozen Biscuits. 

Sold wholesale and retail at 

Chicago Homceopathic Pharmacy, 

704 State Street. 

"TIROSH," 

UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE. 

Made from the Catawaba Grape, possessing the delicious 
Aromatic Flavor peculiar to that Grape, which in other 
Wines is lost by the process of fermentation. This Wine contains 
no Alcohol, is 

NOT STIMULATING NOR EXCITING, 

And is peculiarly suited to the necessities of Delicate Consti- 
tutions and Irritable Stomachs has been thoroughly 
tested during the last few years, and with the most gratifying 
results, in Inflammation of Stomach and Bowels. 

For Sale In Quart Bottles, $1.50; per dozen, $15.00. 

Chicago Homceopathic Pharmacy, 

halsey brothers. 



THE CELEBRATED VOLTAIC CURE FOR 

NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM & ALL NERVOUS DISEASES. 
DR. HALL'S 



VOLTAIC ARMOR, 

BANDS AND SOLES, 

A Scientific and Rational Method of Curing 

All diseases originating in a disturbed condition of the electrical or vital- 
izing forces of the body, such as 

Cold Feet, Nervous Headache, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Dys- 

pepsia, Paralysis, St. Vitus' Dance, Fits, Cramps, Weak 

Joints, Sciatica, Contracted Sinews, Sprains, Hip 

Complaints, Spinal Affections, and all 

Nervous Disorders. 

These Electrical appliances can be depended on as a remedial agent of 
positive reliability in all such complaints, and will save thousands from 
complicating their afflictions by resorting to injurious remedies and improper 
applications. 

The Voltaic Armor, Soles and Bands 

Are made on the principle of the VOLTAIC PILE, and being perfectly 
flexible, can be worn under the feet or on any part of tne body without the 
least inconvenience. 

THEY EESTORE THE EaUILIBEIUM OP ELECTSIC ACTfON IN THE SYSTEM, 

And impart life and vigor to every organ of the body. For restoring exhausted 
vital energy, and in all diseases having their origin in the loss of vital power, 
through excess, sedentary habits, or the use of powerful and pernicious drugs, 
the Armor may be used with the fullest assurance of success. 

Circulars giving more full description of the Apparatus, also numerous and 
reliable testimonials of the beneficial results of the use of the Armor are in 
our possession, and will be forwarded to parties desiring them. 



PRICE. 



Bands for the Wrist $1.00 each. 

Band for Head or Neck.. 1.75 " 
Bands for the Thighs 2.25 " 



Soles ,.$1.00 per pair. 

Bands for the Arm 1.50 each. 

Bands for the Knees 2.00 u 

Bands for the Waist . 3.50 " 

In ordering, state the size of the boot or shoe worn, also the width required 
or, if bands, state the part of the body they are intended for. 

Sent to all parts of the United States on receipt of the above prices. 
Address 

HALSEY BROTHERS, 

704 State St., Chicago. 



THE 



Carbolate of Iodine Inhalant. 




Cutlers' Pocket Inhaler supercedes all other Inhaling Tubes and 
contrivances. It is equally adapted to the mouth and the nostril. 
No steam required — no blowing necessary. The great obstacle to 
successful treatment by Inhalants that the bottles and apparatus 
now used are complicated and inconvenient, is by this curious little 
instrument; entirely overcome. It is as simple as a tin whistle, and 
may be carried in the pocket as handily as a penknife or a pair of 
scissors. No danger of breaking ; no possibility of spilling ; always 
ready, and may be used in the house or out of doors, lying down 
or sitting up, with the same ease and facility as a cigar, or a lady's 
smelling bottle. 



The Superior Advantages claimed for the Pocket Inhaler, are : 

1st. Its cheapness, simplicity and efficiency. 

2d. In the treatment of the patient, any number of inhalations 
in a given time may be prescribed and administered without inter- 
fering in the least with his ordinary business or convenience ; this 
renders it in catarrh and bronchial affections invaluable. 

3d. In administering the inhaling fluid (even ether or chloro- 
form) the quantity may be graduated to a single drop with a 
certainty that none of the vapor will be wasted. 

4th. It admits of the use of the most concentrated solutions 
(advised by a physician) without danger. 

The Carbolate of Iodine Inhalent is put up in a neat case with 
the Inhaler, or can be obtained separately if desired. Price of In- 
haler and Inhalent, $2.00. 

HALSEY BROTHERS, 

704 State Street, Chicago, 



I 



MEDICAL BATTERIES. 



A. COMPLETE STOCK OF 

Electro -Magnetic Instruments 

Kept constantly on hand at the 

CHICAGO HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACY. 

A book giving explicit instructions in the use of 

Electricity as a Curative Agent, 

accompanies each Instrument. A circular with prices, sent on 
application, with stamp. 

HALSEY BROS. 

The Fountain Syringe. 



As no family can afford to be without a Syringe, attention is 
called to the above article, which has come into almost universal 
favor within the past two years, as the best thing of the kind. It is 

"SELF-ACTING." 

All that is required in using, is to fill the rubber bag or reservoir, 
hang it above the patient's head, and apply the proper discharge 
pipe. It has five pipes, a Nasal Douche, and Spray for 

SPRINKLING CLOTHES, 

Which last alone is worth the price of the whole. 
PRICE, $2.00 and $3.00. 

Halsey Brothers. 



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